Arts & Theatre

Arrowhead Gallery in Old Fort to feature new art show

Mike Conley

The new art show will be exhibited from Saturday, June 27, through Wednesday, July 29. The gallery is calling for artists to submit their works.

"The Correspondent" author Virginia Evans talks in Winston-Salem, see the photos

WALT UNKS Staff Reporter

Best-selling author Virginia Evans spoke about her debut novel "The Correspondent" during a conversation with Charlie Lovett at First Baptist Church on Fifth on April 21. Her appearance was originally scheduled for the Forsyth County Public Library, but tickets were snapped up in five minut…

From closet writing to packed church: Winston-Salem author Virginia Evans finds her moment

LISA O’DONNELL Staff Reporter

"It's so good to be among neighbors," Virginia Evans told the crowd at First Baptist Church on Fifth Street.

He got a tattoo to commemorate a Fred Durst concert in Morganton. It never actually happened.

Sarah C. Johnson

Bobby Canipe Jr. mistakenly started a rumor that the Limp Bizkit frontman was performing at Roses. He commemorated it 10 years later.

Alvin Ward's design for a Fred Durst tattoo came from one of his paintings

Alvin Ward said a friend of his suggested he do a painting about the fake 2016 Fred Durst concert at a Roses Department Store in Morganton. In February, Alvin Ward tattooed a design inspired by the painting onto Bobby Canipe Jr.'s right leg. Canipe is the man that started to hoax on social media.

Bobby Canipe Jr. recounts Roses concert hoax

Bobby Canipe Jr. said the idea for the fake 2016 Fred Durst was intended to be an inside joke with friends. When his social media post garnered national attention he decided to keep the joke going.

See photos, videos from McDowell High School's Spring Art Show

Mike Conley

The 2026 Spring Art Show was held in the commons area of McDowell High School on Monday, March 16. Students displayed their works in the visual arts such as painting and sculpture and performed music, singing and poetry.

McDowell County high schoolers show off art, music, more at Spring Art Show

Students displayed their works in the visual arts such as painting and sculpture and performed music, singing and poetry.

See long lost pieces from the McDowell Arts Council's permanent collection

As the organization updates and organizes its archival materials, never-before-on-display pieces will be pulled out alongside long-beloved pieces from the permanent collection.

Mountain Gateway Museum in Old Fort will have 3 new exhibits this year

Learn more about the new displays.

Former art teacher now showing his art uses bright watercolors to create dreamy landscapes

"(My) teachers would encourage me to draw and paint. They would let me do murals on the chalkboard."

Randy Bell describes his paintings hanging at Trade Alley Art

Randy Bell, one of Trade Alley Art's newest members, describes the inspiration behind five of his paintings.

Holiday shopping in McDowell County? Here's where you can find one-of-a-kind gifts

Look out for pottery, crafts and more.

Veteran Stan Lake confronts his Iraqi deployment in new book of poems

Now living in Bethania, Lake has conflicted feelings about his service, something that comes through in his poems, which are rooted in reality, not myth.