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Running all October
The High Country Haint List. Haunted trails, ghost tours and a live Rocky Horror shadowcast. Everything spooky between here and Oct. 31, updated as the flyers go up. Read it →
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Voting Nov. 3? Registration closes Fri, Oct. 9, at 5pm. Dates, early-voting sites, ID rules and a sample-ballot lookup, all on one page.
Sat, Oct. 3.
Dry so far, but this is the mountains and the sky never signs a contract. Showers are still 80% likely, a quarter to half an inch by tonight, so pack a jacket and keep an eye west. The High Country Honey Festival in Ashe runs 9am to 5pm rain or shine, with vendors inside the new Agriculture Expo Center and a free honey tasting bar. At 11am, the WKSK old-time and bluegrass show goes live and free at the Ashe Civic Center with the Crooked Road Ramblers. In Lansing, the Ola Belle Reed Festival runs noon to 5pm with the Nick & Brew and Sheets Family bands, two sets each. At 2pm, the Appalachian Autumn Market and Fall Festival at Hickory Ridge History Museum has apple butter, blacksmithing, pumpkin painting, a costume contest and hatchet throwing, free to get in.
Want a roof over you? The Met's Così Fan Tutte plays in HD at the App Theatre at 1pm. Tonight at 10pm, No Visa with Alec Lomami brings its dance party to Lily's Snack Bar for $5.
Spooky season
The Haint List keeps growing, every Halloween thing we could find in the High Country, through Oct. 31. Tell us what we missed.
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Town hall
The Boone Planning Commission voted unanimously Sept. 28 to recommend the Town Council approve a rezoning that would turn a long-vacant commercial building on Clement Street into apartments.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
Cat Man
Edward Hoagland
Hoagland's first novel follows the life and observations of a man whose world centers on cats and the peculiar wisdom they offer. This debut work explores the quiet intensity of devotion to animals and the solitary life they can inspire.
Read the pick →
🌗 Last Quarter · 63% lit
Half-lit moon: planets and bright constellations show well, the dimmest stuff hides.
Sky's truly dark after 8:32 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge →
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