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Running through Jan. 1
The High Country Holiday List. Parades, tree lightings, wreath nights and carols, Nov. 13 to Jan. 1. Updated as events turn up. Read it →
Fri, Nov. 13.
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The Holiday List
The High Country Holiday List is up. Parades, tree lightings, wreath nights, and carols, and it grows all season. The first event is tomorrow, when the West Jefferson Christmas Parade rolls at 2pm Saturday. We aren't sure how we feel about holiday parades this far ahead of Thanksgiving, but here we are. Read the Holiday List
Canvass day
The Watauga and Ashe county boards of elections hold their canvass at 11am today. Both are open to the public.
The Rack
The Queer Report is back with The Infiltration. Liz and Alex bring on two guests to talk Harry Styles' "Coming Up Roses" video and the AO3 outage. Listen on The Rack
Weather
Forecast says snow showers and flurries Friday, high of 36, gusts to 30, low of 27 tonight. Flakes mostly stick to the high western elevations. Coat and gloves for the night shows. Boone forecast
Today's picks
Snozzberries at Boone Saloon and blankstate. at Lily's Snack Bar are in the orange button below, with a missing teen and Thanksgiving meal boxes.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
The Leaders of the CPSU are Betrayers of the Declaration and the Statement
Editorial Department of Renmin Ribao
A polemical tract from China's state newspaper accusing Soviet Communist Party leadership of abandoning Marxist-Leninist principles. This Cold War-era political critique reflects the ideological rupture between Beijing and Moscow in the mid-1960s.
Read the pick →
🌒 Waxing Crescent · 15% lit
Near-new moon — the darkest skies of the month for the Milky Way and meteors.
Sky's truly dark after 6:48 PM.
☄ Leonids peaks Nov 17 — look the east the hours before dawn.
◆ NASA's photo today: NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda →
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