LEFT91.7
Hyper-local news & culture
No algorithm. Just word of mouth.
left917 is the High Country's independent read: local news, music, culture, and what's on, all in one place. No app, no login, no ads. And we're writing our own stuff now, not just rounding up everyone else's. Putting on an event? Share your calendar and we'll keep it on the air. Saw a flyer for something that isn't here? Send us the photo.
✉ Get it every morning → What's on today, what happened yesterday. One email.
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.
Wed, Oct. 28.
Black Cat Burrito is closing its doors for a short stretch to do maintenance on the building, and says big news is coming soon.
Boone BOO!
This Saturday, 4 to 6:30pm, trick-or-treaters take over King Street, and it closes to cars at 3:55pm. Closures, parking and the schedule.
Voting
17,448 people have voted early in person across Watauga, Ashe and Avery, about 22% of registered voters. That leaves a lot of you with a Saturday plan, we hope. Counts through Oct. 27, per the State Board. Full breakdown
Sky
The ISS crosses the northwest sky at 7:38am. Most of you are reading this after 7:38am, so call it a very early heads-up for next time. Where to aim.
Clocks
Your phone and computer will change their own clocks, but it's news, so here we are saying it anyway. Clocks fall back Sunday at 2am and sunset drops from 6:31 to 5:30.
Today's picks
Council's Oak Street noise talk tonight, Ghost Tours, Thursday's Huzzah Books reading and Friday's flash day are in the orange button below.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
The Hanuman Collection; 47 Volumes, Missing No. 15
Various Authors; edited by Raymond Foye and Francis Clemente
A nearly complete collection of 46 volumes from Hanuman's influential poetry and art series published across seven years in Madras. The set includes work by poets and artists such as John Wieners, David Trinidad, Eileen Myles, Taylor Mead, and Francis Picabia.
Read the pick →
🌕 Full Moon · 97% lit
A bright moon tonight, so the Milky Way and the faintest stars wash out.
Sky's truly dark after 8:01 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: The Mutual Occultation of Ganymede and Io →
Tired of a feed someone else controls? You can follow left917 with no account and no app, the calm way people are quietly leaving social media for. Try the RSS feed → New to RSS? We explain it in plain English.