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Anidem Medina-Chavez in her friend Ilyssa Pachao’s apartment for Vogue. She is photographed by Dorian Ulises López Macías (@dorianuliseslopezmacias and @mexicanomx).

A photoshoot over FaceTime: App State graduate featured in Vogue Mexico

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter July 15, 2020

From her friend’s apartment in Boone, Anidem Medina-Chavez modeled over FaceTime for the July 2020 issue of Vogue. July’s cover story celebrates the diversity of Latin American beauty.  In early...

The outside of Blue Deer on King. Customers can see the signature blue deer from its Blowing Rock Location.

Blue Deer Cookies opens its doors on King Street

Ansley Puckett, Reporter June 25, 2020

Set against Boone’s busy downtown street, a building with a familiar blue deer has finally brought its twinkling lights to King Street. A local business famous for its vintage camper on the side of Highway...

Panel discussion, film screening of Netflix documentary '13th' advocates for Black Lives Matter

Panel discussion, film screening of Netflix documentary ’13th’ advocates for Black Lives Matter

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter June 12, 2020

Community members organized a film screening and panel discussion of the documentary “13th” when recent App State graduate Katie Wynn decided that action in the Black Lives Matter Movement accessible...

Two Hatchet Coffee patrons indulging the specialty iced drinks from their Summer Menu. The Menu features a vareity of chilled drinks with fruit and herb flavors, carbonated sodas and even spices.

Campus Dining and Hatchet Coffee to expand their partnership to all Campus Dining locations

Ansley Puckett, Reporter June 5, 2020

Local coffee roastery Hatchet Coffee is the exclusive roasted coffee bean provider for all campus dining locations starting in the fall, Campus Dining announced Monday.  As a part of this extension,...

Seniors showcase their work in virtual fashion show

Seniors showcase their work in virtual fashion show

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter May 19, 2020

From creating mood boards to sketching to patternmaking to prototyping, sourcing materials, picking fabrics and then finally sewing, Apparel Design and Merchandising majors intensely prepare for their...

Kelly McCoy, Owner of River Girl Fishing Company, is one of the featured subjects in BRAHM’s latest exhibition, "Terra Ludis: Play Ground," which can be experienced online until the museum reopens.

Blowing Rock Art and History Museum announces additions to its virtual engagement options

Ansley Puckett, Reporter May 13, 2020

The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum announced Friday that in an effort to continue community outreach and promotion of the visual arts, it has created a way for patrons to experience its exhibitions...

Luke Combs to perform at 2020 virtual spring commencement ceremony

Luke Combs to perform at 2020 virtual spring commencement ceremony

Ansley Puckett, Reporter May 6, 2020

Chancellor Sheri Everts announced Wednesday that country music artist Luke Combs will perform as a special guest during the 2020 Spring Commencement Ceremony on May 16. The virtual ceremony will take...

Time at home sparks new creativity among internet users

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter May 1, 2020

In the middle of a global pandemic, the internet has found a way to have a laugh with new trends, memes and dances arising every day.  During a time of social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home...

An Appalachian Summer Festival moves live events online for 36th annual season

Christina Beals, Reporter April 24, 2020

The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts announced Wednesday that live events for An Appalachian Summer Festival are being moved online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  An Appalachian Summer...

“Spring Awakening” production cast goes virtual with musical performance

Brooke Drury, Christine Dudley, and Lauren Wasmund April 24, 2020

During a time of uncertainty and isolation, the App State theatre program has proved that the arts can continue to flourish. After its cancellation, eight students from the musical production “Spring...

Anna Jordan, a Winston-Salem native and rising junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, turned her jewelry making hobby into a business venture and now makes personalized jewelry for several colleges, including App State.

A hobby turned profitable: UNC college student expands handmade jewelry business

Camryn Collier, Reporter April 23, 2020

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — What started as a hobby on Instagram one summer, AnnaBanana Jewelry has become a functioning e-commerce shop selling earrings, necklaces, bracelets, scrunchies and more for a largely...

Lou Ella South, owner of specialty store South's Clothiers in Boone Mall, has joined other local retailers in applying for federal loans in order to help her business survive the pandemic.

“I cried the day we shut the doors:” local fashion retailers hope to recover facing uncertainty

Christina Beals, Reporter April 18, 2020

Though vacant and dark after temporarily closing March 24, Boone Mall was dimly lit by a storefront that displayed its fashion lines for the upcoming prom season that never happened. Open since 1983,...

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