Marquee Magazine: Life in the Mountain South

Perfect Summer Weekends—Your Travel Guide to the Mountain South

Stop watching the grass grow. We’ve scoured the Mountain South in search of summer fun, divvied up some of the region’s hottest attractions and activities, and packaged them neatly into half a dozen recommended experiences for 10 discriminating “personalities” commonly found among Marquee Mountain South readers. Some recommended experiences could ...

Front Row Seats: Music on the Square

To many people in the Mountain South, a summer without music is like a rhododendron without a bloom, like biscuits without gravy, like a fiddle without a bow. And so, on any given summer Friday, locals and visitors to Jonesborough, Tenn., gather to enjoy Music on the Square, a free ...

Transformed: The Inn at Crestwood

When renowned architect Claus Moberg and his interior-designer wife, Jean, went looking for a spot to build a summer home on for their family, they found a partial apple orchard between Boone and Blowing Rock, N.C., with an amazing 180-degree view. It was perfect. In 1948, they purchased 30 acres ...

Kingsport – Off the Beaten Path

From its rushing river to its vibrant downtown heart and the majestic mountains surrounding it, Kingsport, Tenn., boasts a multitude of amenities compressed neatly into three distinct areas of the city. Each area pairs historic substance with modern style that is well worth discovering and exploring. Evidences of “King’s Port’s” early ...

Sweet Southern Smoothies

Boiling car interiors, sweltering yard work, clothing you don’t so much wear as apply with a damp sponge … another sticky summer is here. We in the Mountain South have several ways to take the edge off the heat, though—our marvelous water; soft drinks like Dr. Enuf; and that traditional ...

The Man Behind the Music: Josh Kear

You know a good song when you hear one. It’ll perk up your ears, get your spine loosened up, may even bring up some goosebumps. For Sulphur Springs, Tenn., native songwriter Josh Kear, though, a good song is a bit more complicated. It’s his bread and butter. And going from nothing ...

Marquee Mountain South Blog Takes A Gold For Designers

The one-year anniversary of the unveiling of Marquee Mountain South’s redesigned website and blog is just around the corner, but in the meantime, the blog has nabbed a Horizon Interactive award for its designers, n•tara, Inc. of Johnson City, Tenn. The Horizon Interactive awards, a prestigious “best-of-the-best” international prize considered ...

Sixth Singles Video – What’s Sexy?

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Fifth Singles Video – Great Dates

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Red, White and Oooh!

April 10 – 13 Blue Ridge Wine Festival Blowing Rock, N.C. (877) 295-7965 blueridgewinefestival.com Try a Blush in the full flush of spring, mellow out with a warm Cabernet Sauvignon, sweeten your buds with a smooth Reisling or simmer your senses in a Sparkling Red. Whether you’re a connoisseur or someone who thinks wine only ...