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The National Storytelling Festival takes place Oct. 4-6. Tickets cost $165 for adults. Special rates for children ($145), seniors ($150) and families of four or five ($535) are available.

Getting there: Fly into the Tri-Cities Regional Airport, about 15 miles from Jonesborough. The nearest big airports are in Asheville, N.C., 60 miles away, and Knoxville, Tenn., 90 miles away. Special airline rates on Delta are available to festival attendees; call Summit Travel, the official travel agency for the festival, at 800-264-1223.

Eating: Pack a granola bar. It can be hard to find time to eat as you shuttle between shows, and the lines at the most popular dining venues can stretch long. Make reservations weeks or months in advance for The Dining Room, a Cuban restaurant and probably the most formal option (148 E. Main St., 423-753-6400). Try to hit Main Street Cafe (117 W. Main St., 423-753-2460, mainstreetcatering.net) during off-hours for salads and sandwiches. A new barbecue joint called the Ghost Town Diner (103 E. Main St.; 423-218-8648), owned by the operators of East TN Ghost Tours, sounds enticing. You can always get a burger at the Jonesborough General

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2. This is the final weekend to enjoy the Mountain State Fair at the WNC Agricultural Center in Fletcher. Gates open at 9 a.m. today through Sunday, and admission is $8, $4 for ages 6-12 and 65 and older. Ride ticket packages are available. For details, visit www.mountainfair.org.

3. Chimney Rock’s solar-powered Music on the Mountain concert will feature Johnson’s Crossroad and Joe Hallock and the Flat Creek Stringband from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday in the park’s Meadows. The concert will be powered with the sun by Solar Powered Sound using a mobile solar electric system custom designed by musician and solar energy expert Hallock. Johnson’s Crossroad from Asheville blends blues, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass and Appalachian old-time music. Hallock and the Flat Creek Stringband explore old-time Appalachian music while drawing on flavors of Celtic, Caribbean and American cultures. Park visitors can enjoy the family-friendly concert for the price of day admission, $12 for adults and $6 for ages 5-15. Visit chimneyrockpark.com for more information.

4. Performances of the comic thriller “Deathtrap” conclude this weekend at Playhouse Mainstage, 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. Curtain times are 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $40. Call 828-693-0731 or visit

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The concert will be powered with the sun by Solar Powered Sound using a mobile solar electric system custom designed by musician and solar energy expert Hallock.

Johnson’s Crossroad from Asheville blends blues, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass and Appalachian old-time music.

Hallock and the Flat Creek Stringband explore old-time Appalachian music while drawing on flavors of Celtic, Caribbean and American cultures.

Park visitors can enjoy the family-friendly concert for the price of day admission, $12 for adults and $6 for ages 5-15. Visit chimneyrockpark.com for more information.

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“Many Faces of Chimney Rock” Photo Contest Launches September 13

The grinning faces of your children, family pet or Grady the Groundhog could win you a two-day getaway with outdoor adventures in Chimney Rock and Lake Lure. Hosted by Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park, the “Many Faces of Chimney Rock” photo contest launches today with alluring prizes to capture the imagination of Park visitors and area photographers.

There’s no fee to submit your photo in the contest for a chance to win, but all photographs must be taken inside the Park between September 13 and November 30, 2013. The contest welcomes Park visitors, amateur and professional photographers to submit up to three photos per person via social media, email or postal mail. The deadline to submit online or postmark date your mailed entry is November 30, 2013.

The winning photos will be selected by a local jury of photojournalists and photographers. Winners will be announced in December, and winning photos will be featured on the Park’s website and social media. For the complete contest rules and submission guidelines, go to chimneyrockpark.com.

Exploring the Faces of Chimney Rock
To capture a winning photo that fits the theme, you’ll probably want to get

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Fall is bringing some great new beers from the local breweries, so let’s get right to them.

Asheville Brewing is adding its own touch to October’s Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit with an official festival beer getting a release next week. The new Electric Pale Ale, crafted by Asheville Brewing’s Doug Riley, will be tapped at a party 5-8 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Millroom, the new event space at 66 Asheland Ave. DJ Marley Carroll will spin music and the first 100 visitors get a free T-shirt.

Electric Pale Ale was made with El Dorado and Citra hops, which combine for an aromatic floral nose and a crisp taste. They made 30 barrels of this 5.5 percent alcohol brew, which will be sold on draft, bottles and in 12-ounce cans. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Music in Schools Foundation. Look for it Sept. 18 at the Millroom and Sept. 19 at downtown Asheville Brewing and the Merrimon Avenue mothership and later at the Mountain Oasis electro-fest Oct. 25-27.

Black Mountain mash-up

It’s always fun when two breweries get together to make a beer. Pisgah Brewing and Lookout Brewing in Black

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A quick and standard disclaimer: I limited this list to teams from the top nine conferences, i.e., the ones we covered in detail in this week’s scheduling analyses. For a list of teams from outside these leagues with notably difficult schedules (we should start calling this the Long Beach State Memorial Subdivision), see Myron Medcalf’s “Others” piece here.

10) NORTH CAROLINA

Toughest: Hall of Fame Tipoff (Nov. 23-24), at Michigan State (Dec. 4), Kentucky (Dec. 14)
Next-toughest: Texas (Dec. 18)
The rest: Oakland (Nov. 8), Holy Cross (Nov. 15), Belmont (Nov. 17), at UAB (Dec. 1), UNC Greensboro (Dec. 7), Davidson (Dec. 21), Northern Kentucky (Dec. 27), UNC Wilmington (Dec. 31)

This schedule’s overall strength hinges on the Hall of Fame Tipoff. If the Tar Heels meet Louisville in the “championship” of that two-game event at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., their nonconference schedule will thus include what seem sure to be, in some order, the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 teams in the country to start the season — national title favorites (or co-favorites) all. Without that Louisville game, though, the Heels still have to go to the Breslin Center for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge; they

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2. Charleston GI presents “Perfectly Paired Dinners” with Cúrate chef Katie Button and Maverick Southern Kitchens chef Joseph Palma. The plates will be served at High Cotton for this pair and should be interesting. On one side, you will see Button’s Spanish tapas influence and on the other you will have Palma’s Southern heritage. Perhaps Button will bring some melt-in-your-mouth jamón ibérico from her Asheville restaurant. (Friday, March 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $175)

3. Charleston GI presents “Perfectly Paired Dinners” with Miller Union chef Steven Satterfield and Husk/McCrady’s chef Sean Brock. Both Satterfield and Brock have a love of all things Southern. It’s predicted that Atlanta comfort food chef Satterfield and Charleston chef Brock will concentrate on ingredients sourced south of the Mason-Dixon line. (Friday, March 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $175)

4. SCEG presents “Small Batch Bourbons + Hog Heaven Cooking Demonstration + Tasting” with chef Edward Lee. Bacon and bourbon—what else do you need? Louisville chef Lee returns to the BBT Charleston Wine + Food Festival to demonstrate Southern favorites with a Korean influenced twist. (Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Tickets: $45)

5. SCEG

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