{"id":49287,"date":"2022-04-01T18:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T22:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=49287"},"modified":"2022-04-01T18:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T22:45:58","slug":"from-the-editor-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/lifestyle\/from-the-editor-april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Editor: April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Gina Malone<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to the daily flood of press releases that pour into my mailbox from all over Western North Carolina. At this time of year, especially, and with coronavirus case numbers falling, enthusiasm for holding events is on the rise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47347\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47347\" class=\"wp-image-47347\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gina-aug-2020-copy-e1641173636444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"326\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-47347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gina Malone, Editor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Always, I\u2019m touched by how creatives from all disciplines\u2014painters, musicians, makers, poets, dancers, actors\u2014step forward generously to help those struggling or experiencing catastrophes\u2014natural or man-made. Our admiration and support go to the many WNC businesses and artists standing with Ukraine in its war against Russia and holding events to raise money to help humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the many happenings that may get us all out into the spring sunshine and back among smiling faces include Hendersonville\u2019s Cider, Wine &amp; Dine Weekend, Southern Highland Craft Guild\u2019s mini pop-up fairs (p. 18), Isis Music Hall\u2019s Asheville Sessions, Weaverville\u2019s Art Safari and amphitheater performances by the Montford Park Players, celebrating 50 seasons of great theater.<\/p>\n<p>Others marking anniversaries in 2022 include Grovewood Gallery, with 30 years of crafts exhibitions, and ASAP, supporting growers in WNC for 20 years. We also visit the old made new again: Burnsville\u2019s Nu-Wray Inn, under new ownership, and Olive\u2019s Porch, a new gathering place in Murphy that continues on a smaller scale the artisan traditions of the beloved and historic John C. Campbell Folk School.<\/p>\n<p>In these troubled times for the planet, we must not forget Earth Day, which Laura Mahan reminds us is every day if you\u2019re a naturalist. Gather the family for RiverLink\u2019s annual Earth Day Kids Festival on April 24. In addition, Robert Turner offers some practical advice for how investments in agriculture and day-to-day individual actions and decisions can make a difference in climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Spring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I look forward to the daily flood of press releases that pour into my mailbox from all over Western North Carolina. 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