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The Adventurist: June 2010

  • Brevard Music Festival
  • Sliding Rock is open
  • Independence Day Celebration
  • Arts & Culture Week
  • Excerpt from The Promised Land

The Adventurist: May 2010

  • And You Thought the Chipmunks Rocked? White Squirrel Festival in Downtown Brevard
  • Local Flavor: Transylvania Tailgate Market
  • High Tail it Over the Finish Line: White Squirrel 5k/10k
  • The Transylvania Heritage Museum Comes Home
  • Ohh, What a Little Gravity Can Do: Squirrel Box Derby
  • Get Squirrely: Bread of Life Squirrel-A-Thon
  • They're Playing Your Song: Free Weekly Music Jams
  • Great Music, a Noteworth Cause: Songsmith Gathering at the Porter Center

The Adventurist: Valentine's 2010

  • The Art of Love: Body & Soul Art Show
  • Take the Plunge: Waterfalls Link with Love
  • Follow Your Heart: DuPont Lovers' Walk
  • Even the Frogs & The Fish Do It
  • A Sweetheart's Serenade: Violinist Jessica Lee at the Porter Center
  • Can't Buy Me Love (At Full Price)
  • Cheek to Cheek on Cloud Nine: Dancing With Our Stars
  • Silent Film Sweetheart: "IT" Starring Clara Bow

The Adventurist: Christmas 2009

  • O Tannenbaum! Aluminum Christmas Tree Display and Festival of Trees at Silvermont
  • Are You Griswold Enough to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree?
  • Run, Run Rudolph: The 5th Annual Reindeer Run
  • Floats, Brass Bands & Banjos: The Annual Brevard Christmas Parade
  • Winter Wonderland: Christmas By the Campfire Twilight Tour
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: 12th Annual Traditional Lessons & Carols Christmas Service
  • The Fine Art of Gift-Giving: Santa's Palette: Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts Sale

The Adventurist: Halloween 2009

  • If the Spirit Moves You: Facing Full-Bodied Apparitions with Joshua P. Warren, Paranormal Investigator
  • On Stage, Off the Beaten Path: "The Legend of Tommy Hodges"
  • A Little Bit Scared: "Children's Mystery Play" and Slightly Spooky and Frightfully Funny: "A Family Evening of Storytelling and Music"
  • Get Lost: 10th Annual "Shock in the Corn" Haunted Corn Maze
  • Feed Me, Seymour: "Little Shop of Horrors"
  • Something Old, Something Boo: Downtown Brevard Halloween Tour
  • Witches, Monsters, Pumpkin Pie! 27th Annual Halloween Fest and 14th Annual Old Time Music Competition
  • Dracula Jogs: 29th Annual Flight of the Vampire 5K

The Adventurist: September/October 2009

  • Forest Festival Day & Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet
  • Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race
  • Fall in Love: Tour de Falls
  • Weather Channel Visits Transylvania County
  • Record Rainfall = Great Waterfall Watching
  • Tornados Wreak Havoc in T.C.
The Adventurist: August 2009
  • Adventurist Alert: Steve Martin to appear at Mountain Song Festival
  • Hot off the Press: Transylvania County featured in National Geographic Adventure
  • Calling All Locavores: Farm Fair, September 5th
  • Another "First" for T.C.: Founders Day, Saturday, September 5th
  • Fourth Friday Gallery Walk: Getting My Feet on the Street
  • Ask the Expert: Rock Climbing in Transylvania County
  • Travel Secrets of the Adventurist: September, the Secret Season
The Adventurist: July 2009
  • Insider Tip: 4th Friday Gallery Walks
  • Ask the Expert: Mountain biking in Transylvania County
  • 36 Hours in Transylvania County
  • T.C. Visitor's Center to Host Free "Flash" Concerts
  • A reader shares her family adventure

The Adventurist: June 2009

  • Transylvania County's best-kept secret: Gorges State Park
  • Brevard Music Festival, June 26 - August 9
  • The HeART of Inspiration


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