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From sleeping outside, to installing windows designed for airflow, find out how people tried to stay cool during heat waves before AC.

The COVID-19 pandemic drove more people to seek out food banks and high inflation is keeping people coming back, local food pantry directors say.

People have come up with a range of ingenious, harebrained, and sometimes grim but often remarkable ways to stay cool during a summer scorcher.

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU ENDING HUNGER DONATION – Darcie Burch with Maine Highlands FCU presented a donation to John Cram with Dyer’s Hope House in Milo on April 8. The credit union raises funds year round for Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger to be distributed to local area food organizations.

PO-ecumenicaldonation-0415-21 Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU ENDING HUNGER DONATION -- John Cram with Milo Ecumenical Food Cupboard was presented a check by Darcie Burch with Maine Highlands FCU. The donation was a result of fundraising efforts for the Maine Credit Unions Campaign for Ending Hunger. Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU ENDING HUNGER DONATION -- John Cram with Milo Ecumenical Food Cupboard was presented a check by Darcie Burch with Maine Highlands FCU. The donation was a...

1:01 Even before opening Momentum Gallery, on Asheville’s Lexington Avenue, Jordan Ahlers had his sights elsewhere—a larger space on a familiar street. More than two years after beginning a complete renovation, Momentum has moved and reopened a block east, on Broadway. Before opening Momentum, Ahlers spent many years as the director at John Cram’s Blue Spiral Gallery, several blocks south on Broadway. “It’s a far superior space for a number of reasons,” Ahlers said. “It’s much m...