Profiles
The Quarantined Country Musician
Undaunted by masks, social distancing, and sheltering-in-place orders, North Carolina’s Jonathan Byrd continues to draw large audiences to his virtual performances. For more than 20 years, Jonathan Byrd has written and performed country and old-timey, flat-picking folk and rock ‘n roll, most recently at The Kraken, one of the diviest of North Carolina’s dive bars.…
Read MoreEngineering success, from Beyonce to Little Richard
Download Janine’s article about Patchwerk Studios in Atlanta as originally published in the Monarch Magazine from Old Dominion University (Winter 2019)
Read MoreAn Iron Will
HUNTLY, VIRGINIA – Nol Putnam forges wind from iron, his hammer metronomic at 2½ strikes a second, steel against iron against anvil. The angle of the peen and the force of his follow-through shape hot metal the way a rolling pin pushes pastry. Putnam, 80, has been creating art from iron for more than 40 years. His…
Read MoreThe American Windsor
On the Eastern Shore, the Lewins carve, bend and paint so folks can sit in comfort Kurt Lewin pulls the drawknife toward himself, and oak shavings fall to the floor. He alters the angle and pulls again. Thousands of times a day he will…
Read MoreSowing The Seeds
Tom Gallivan is shin-deep in the salty water of the Little Machipongo Inlet, so close to the Atlantic that the tides flood and recede with the pull of the moon, flushing fresh algae and phytoplankton through his oyster beds and filling the animals’ bellies. Oysters grown here, in a marsh without rocks, have a clean,…
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