Jackson’s perennial favorite festival returns to Sylva for a fifteenth year
Most things in life start out small — acorns grow into oak trees, babies are reared into adulthood, small patches of…
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Talent show to benefit arts in Macon schools
Macon County youth will take the stage in Showcase of Talent 2012, a non-competitive talent show for third- to 12th-graders,…
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Sylva library to hold discussion on Cuban cooking and culture
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will host Mindy Guillama-Ridriquez and Raul Rodriquez for a discussion of Cuban culture…
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Innovative map designer to speak at WCU
Map designer Bruce Daniel will speak at 4 p.m., April 19, in the atrium of the John W. Bardo Fine…
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Good Cooks series continues April 26
The next installment of Cooperative Extension’s “Good Cooks Series” will be held at 5:30 p.m. on April 26 in the…
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Students to perform new play at HART
Students from Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville will perform the play “Applaching” at 7:30 p.m., April 20, at the…
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Festival celebrates trout, Plott hounds
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds will host a combination of the Great Smoky Mountain Trout & Heritage Festival and PlottFest this…
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Gaither Vocal Band to perform April 29
Multi-Grammy and Dove award winning recording artist Bill Gaither will perform with his Gaither Vocal Band at 3:30 p.m., April…
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The Drifters and The Crystals to perform
Bill Pinkney’s Original Drifters and The Crystals will take the stage at The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts…
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Quaternity trombone group to visit WCU
The acclaimed trombone ensemble Quaternity will visit Western Carolina University for a day of master classes followed by a public…
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Live music at the Jackson library
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will host live bluegrass and gospel music provided by local band Joshua’s Tree…
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‘That Mancini Magic’ to arrive at WCU April 29
“That Mancini Magic,” the final installment of Western Carolina University’s 2011-12 Galaxy of Stars Series, will stage at 3 p.m.…
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Signature Winds to perform in Waynesville
The Grace Church Episcopal in Waynesville will host a noon concert by Signature Winds on April 19. Signature Winds was formed…
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Three teachers awarded Learning Links grants to further arts education
Three Jackson County teachers — Jennifer Dall at Smokey Mountain Elementary, Kansas Heiskell at the HUB, and Gayle Woody at…
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HCC to offer program on marketing for artists
The Small Business Center of Haywood Community College will offer a free seminar, entitled “Marketing for the Craftsperson & Artist…Part…
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Haywood’s Birding for the Arts benefit set for April 28
The Haywood County Arts Council will host its annual “Birding for the Arts” event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
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Spring Choral Concert to be presented April 19
The voices of two Western Carolina University choirs – the University Chorus and the Concert Choir – will be featured…
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WCU community to compete in ‘Dancing with the Catamounts’
Western Carolina University dance students matched with faculty and staff members will compete in a “Dancing with the Stars”-style event…
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Children’s weaving class at Sylva library
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will host weaver Susan Leveille of The Oaks Gallery in Dillsboro for a children’s weaving…
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Celebrate Spring with Greening Up
The 15th annual Greening Up the Mountains festival will take place April 28 on Main and Mill streets in historic…
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Liars Bench to present ‘Hangman’
The Liars Bench will tell the story of the hanging of Jack Lambert and other murder/execution stories in “Hangman, hangman…
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Franklin High to hold auditions for student talent show
Franklin High School will hold auditions at noon, April 21, in its fine arts center, for home school and private…
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Ten, nine, eight … Quick Draw pushes artists to the wire in spectator event
Finnegans Wake took James Joyce 17 years to write, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel consumed four years of Michelangelo’s…
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Lambert hanging subject of Liars Bench
On April 19th, the next installment of the Appalachian variety show The Liars Bench will focus on the hanging of…
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The Overlook Theatre Company to present a musical dessert theater
The Overlook Theatre Company will present “How Sweet It Is,” a musical dessert theater, at 7 p.m. on April 21…
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Green Energy Park offering art classes
Public art classes in both glassblowing and metalworking are being offered at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro…
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HCC to offer marketing seminar for the craftsperson, artist
The Small Business Center of Haywood Community College will offer a free seminar entitled “Marketing for the Craftsperson & Artist,”…
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Sylva pavilion site of next contra dance
The Second Sunday Contra Dance will take place from 2:30-5 p.m. on April 15. The dance will be held at…
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Jeff Foxworthy to perform in comedy benefit for Africa
Jeff Foxworthy will take the stage at 7:30 p.m., April 14, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts…
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Voices in the Laurel hosts annual Great Car and Truck Give Away
The youth choir, Voices in the Laurel, will hold its second annual Great Car and Truck Give Away from now…
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Stecoah arts center to host ramp festival
The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center will host a festival celebrating ramps from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 28.…
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Stecoah arts center to host ramp festival
The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center will host a festival celebrating ramps from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 28.…
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Harrah’s to host free reality TV event
The reality show “Auction Kings” will be at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino on April 28. Auction Kings is one of Discovery…
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Festival celebrates Plott hounds, trout
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds will host a combination of the Great Smoky Mountain Trout & Heritage Festival and PlottFest this…
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Percussion Ensemble to perform April 17 at WCU
The nine undergraduate percussion students who make up the Western Carolina University Percussion Ensemble will present a free concert at…
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Macon library hosts Lady and the Old Timers April 19
Lady and the Old Timers will perform from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., April 19, at the Macon County Library…
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Smoky Mountain Brass Band to perform in Waynesville
The Smoky Mountain Brass Band, an authentic British style brass band, will perform at 6 p.m., April 22, at Hazelwood…
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Songwriters returns with Camp, Whitworth and Lammonds
The next show in the Songwriters-in-the-Round series is scheduled for April 14 and will features Shawn Camp, Shannon Whitworth and Phillip…
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Chorus to host spring concert
The Western Carolina Chorus will perform its spring concert at 4 p.m., April 15, in the Coulter Recital Hall at…
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Groovy Movie Club showing ‘The Iron Lady’
The Groovy Movie Club will show the film “The Iron Lady” at 7 p.m. on April 13. A mostly organic…
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Macon library hosts student art show
Artwork created by students at East Franklin and Cartoogechay Elementary schools is on display until April 20 in the lobby…
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Concert series to feature husband-wife duo
James, a.k.a. “Doodle,” and Karin Lyle will perform at 3 p.m. on April 15 at the Canton library as part…
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Libraries to host anime club meetings
Both the Franklin and Bryson City libraries will host meetings of its anime clubs this month. The Franklin library in…
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Bringing improv to the traditional
With tunes that rush quickly along and take unexpected twists and turns, Sylva-based The Dan River Drifters are anything but…
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Cooking with ramps book published
A cookbook, titled RAMPS: Cooking with the Best Kept Secret of the Appalachian Trail, features a collection of ramp recipes…
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Writer/choreographer to present new play in Cherokee
A read-through of the new play “A Cherokee Family Reunion” will take place from 4-6 p.m. on April 13 at…
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Allan Wolf visits City Lights Bookstore
Poet, author and educator, Allan Wolf will return to City Lights Bookstore at 7 p.m. on April 6 to discuss…
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Carden premieres ‘Mother Jones’
Well-known Western North Carolinian Gary Carden will present the first showing of his new monologue “Mother Jones” at 6 p.m.,…
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Author Scott Huler to lecture April 13 at WCU and in Sylva
Award-winning author Scott Huler will lecture April 13 at Western Carolina University and the Jackson County Public Library in recognition…
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Joel Frahm to perform at WCU Jazz Festival
Saxophonist Joel Frahm will perform at Western Carolina University’s annual Jazz Festival from April 14-15. The New York Times praised…
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