Events

City Lights Bookstore will celebrate the release of High Vistas Volume II on Friday, January 27th at 6 p.m. with a reception and discussion with a few of the authors featured in the book. The second volume continues the tradition set by the first with nature writing focused on Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains. Arranged chronologically the pieces range from 1900 to 2009. George Ellison will present the book and talk about the importance of nature writing.  Featured writers and artists will include, Elizabeth Ellison, Jim Casada, Jim Costa, Thomas Rain Crowe, John Lane and Bill Hart.