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CONTENTS<br />
ART AND MORE<br />
FEATURES<br />
COLUMNS /<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2020</strong> • Volume 23, NO. 5 15<br />
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Water in art reveals many different<br />
styles and interpretations<br />
Asheville <strong>River</strong> Arts District<br />
<strong>January</strong> second Saturday<br />
How improving your smile will<br />
help your self-esteem<br />
Water media artists shine at<br />
Trackside Studios in the RAD<br />
History: Meet the Cecils: The<br />
Legendary Family behind the<br />
Vanderbilt/Biltmore Estate name<br />
(part two of four)<br />
310 Art: Fine art school for adults<br />
offers new classes in <strong>2020</strong><br />
Art Classes<br />
Asheville Gallery of Art:<br />
Storytelling “A Life of Art,” told<br />
through water media<br />
Cover: The sublime refraction of<br />
Elinor Bowman’s colorful world<br />
Downtown Asheville: The<br />
Asheville Chamber Music Series<br />
presents the Schumann Quartet in<br />
concert Friday, February 28<br />
Music: Too Many Zooz play the<br />
Grey Eagle on <strong>January</strong> 18<br />
Wild About Waynesville:<br />
<strong>January</strong> Jazz featuring Jazz<br />
Revolution<br />
Health: How should we take care<br />
of our most valuable organ?<br />
Publisher/Layout and Design/Editor: Dennis Ray<br />
CONTACT US: <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>River</strong>’s Arts and Culture<br />
Magazine is a monthly publication in WNC.<br />
Mail: 85 N. Main St. Canton NC 28716<br />
Email: Info@rapidrivermagazine.com<br />
Phone: (828) 712-4752 • (office) 828-646-0071<br />
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Detail of watercolor by Elinor Bowman<br />
22 degrees apart”<br />
‘New Owner’ packs adventure,<br />
emotion into dog lovers’ must-see<br />
23 production, <strong>January</strong> 16-19<br />
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Bill Walz: The path ahead<br />
Books: Highly anticipated<br />
books signings in <strong>January</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Books: <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>River</strong> asks:<br />
25 Malaprop’s ten best books of 2019<br />
Black Mountain: Studio<br />
artists and new members show at<br />
The Red House Studios and Gallery<br />
Creativity: Creativity: a<br />
28 metaphor for universal awareness<br />
<strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>River</strong> Magazine’s<br />
30 Comics<br />
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The difference between when<br />
Encaustic wax melts and glazed<br />
ceramic pieces are fired is “2,000<br />
<strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>River</strong> Magazine’s five best<br />
thrillers of 2019<br />
Peter Loewer: From edibles to<br />
ornamentals: the quinces<br />
*Red # Water Media<br />
Distribution: Dennis Ray/Rick Hills<br />
Marketing: Dennis Ray/Rick Hills<br />
NEXT MONTH<br />
ADVERTISING SALES:<br />
Downtown Asheville and other areas —<br />
Dennis Ray (828) 712-4752<br />
Dining Guide, Hendersonville, Waynesville —<br />
Rick Hills (828) 452-0228 rick@rapidrivermagazine.com<br />
ON OUR COVER<br />
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“‘Follow me,’ spring chicks,” by Elinor Bowman<br />
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Water media at Trackside<br />
Studios in the RAD<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Storytelling “A Life of Art,”<br />
told through water media at<br />
AGA<br />
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS — THIS IS A<br />
MUST-READ FOR ARTISTS,<br />
COLLECTORS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS<br />
AND OTHER ART LOVERS WHO WANT TO<br />
STAY TUNED TO THE PULSE OF THE ART<br />
SCENE IN ASHEVILLE AND WNC<br />
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individual contributors unless otherwise stated. Opinions<br />
expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the<br />
opinions of <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>River</strong>’s Arts and Culture Magazine or<br />
the advertisers herein.<br />
© ‘<strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>River</strong>’s Arts & Culture Magazine’<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2020</strong> • Vol. 23, No. 5<br />
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