KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Friday, people will have a chance to learn about a significant part of the Appalachian culture — traditional broom-making. The Marble Springs State Historic Site will host an ...

This story is part of the Black Joy Christmas Advent Calendar series, which celebrates Black entrepreneurs. Exercise the power of your dollar by supporting these businesses. In less than two weeks, ...

The brooms at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies? That’s a Scheumack broom. The walking sticks Gandalf uses in The Lord of the Rings movies? Those are from Scheumack. And that broom that Bette Midler ...

The Pescadero artist makes brooms by hand using traditional techniques and local materials. Lisa Sheffield Guy makes brooms from her home in Pescadero and sells them under the name Butano Broomcraft.

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Prop broom, made to be used by Elphaba in the original Broadway production of Wicked. The straw broom has a wooden handle. Costumes for Wicked were designed by Susan Hilferty. Wicked is one of the ...

When Sam Moyer, Ph.D., 90, retired as a geneticist/biologist in 1997, he began focusing on a new hobby that centered on him putting out an annual newsletter and flourished into a business — all ...

Now, I’ll admit when I first saw the porch broom at Salter House—an elegantly mawkish shop of quilts, nighties, and the like in Brooklyn Heights—I thought it was kind of funny. How is this broom ...