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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 →
Early voting runs through Sat, Oct. 31, 3pm. Watauga and Avery sites close the weekends of Oct. 17–18 and 24–25. Ashe stays open those Saturdays, 8am–3pm. Sites and hours.
Sat, Oct. 24.
Did you see the game? we did. Others, too. This morning's patchy fog hangs around until about 10am, then it's sunny and 58. It's 51 by the 7pm shows and 47 at 9, so bring a jacket tonight.
Voting
The High Country has now cast 13,205 early votes. Watauga turned out 1,007 of them Friday, right on pace. Ashe dropped from 500 a day to 250. Nov 3 means standing in line with the procrastinators. Nobody wants that. Early voting runs through Oct 31. Get out there.
Pro-HUMAN-curation
left917 is pro-human-curation. We go looking for the weird, the unique, and the heartwarming stories that make the High Country what it is. Dive bars, hollers, barns, forges, civic meetings. Right here.
Today's picks
40 events on today's calendar. We picked seven for the orange button below, along with our editor's Afroman verdict and this weekend's early voting hours.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
The Cocktail Party
T.S. Eliot
Eliot's three-act play examines the social rituals and hidden emotional currents of a London cocktail party, where casual gatherings mask deeper personal crises. This first edition presents a landmark work of twentieth-century drama in near-perfect condition.
Read the pick →
🌔 Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
A bright moon tonight, so the Milky Way and the faintest stars wash out.
Sky's truly dark after 8:05 PM.
☄ Orionids still streaking — look the southeast after midnight.
◆ NASA's photo today: Rosetta's Selfie →
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