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View fullsize @frplayhouse has announced its 2026 season, and it’s one shaped by momentum, thoughtful planning, and a clear sense of what its audience values. Built around familiar titles, iconic music, and enduring stories, the upcoming year brings works m
View fullsize Tim Jones was invited to a home in Flat Rock for a photo session and interview to promote his new book of poetry, Blue Mountain Poems. Uncertain of the location, Tim entered the given address into Google Maps and realized immediately that a twist of
View fullsize For Hunter Foster Pope, a Spartanburg native, the idea of balance and renewal is more than theoretical — it’s deeply personal. Hunter grew up spending summers on Lake Summit, her mother’s happy place, where life was quiet, simple, a
View fullsize Upon his arrival in Moldova, Flat Rock resident, Ray West, discovered that the “orphanage” he was sent to evaluate was, in fact, the private home of a local couple who had taken in eight older children - the kind too often passed over for
View fullsize Every day, hundreds of drivers rush north through Flat Rock along Greenville Highway, speeding past the Blue Ridge Fire Station and the Flat Rock Playhouse. As the road bends gently to the right, most never see the small, brightly painted purple buil
View fullsize Sometimes the most remarkable lives are the ones that never sought attention at all. This story looks back at two men whose days were simple, whose choices were modest, yet whose legacy continues to ripple outward in ways far larger than they ever im
View fullsize Alexander “Alex” Campbell King, III, longtime Flat Rock summer resident and owner of Argyle, one of Flat Rock’s most historic homes - held by the King family since the 1830s - passed away on October 31 (appropriately, All Saints&rsq
View fullsize As autumn paints the edges of The Park at Flat Rock with gold and russet hues, the Pollinator Garden quietly slips into its seasonal slumber. Once alive with the bright chatter of bees and butterflies, it now glows in quieter tones - seed heads noddi
View fullsize By the early 1990s, Bill Walker was trying to keep his general aviation business afloat. Bill Walker & Associates was on the ropes financially. “I had to figure out how to keep my company going,” said Bill. Then came the phone call
View fullsize The Gulfstream G4 jet banked low over the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, its sleek white body flashing in the summer light. From his window seat, Bill looked down at the airfield below, where a sea of nearly 500,000 people pressed against barricades and
View fullsize In the 1950s, Montgomery, Alabama’s city ordinance required Black riders to sit in the back half of the bus and give up their seats if the front section filled. The Montgomery Bus Boycott began on December 5, 1955, just days after Rosa Parks wa
View fullsize Long before Flat Rock became a retreat for Lowcountry planters and a magnet for artists and retirees, the people who shaped this mountain village arrived from somewhere else. Some came willingly, chasing opportunity or health. Others were brought in