HCC goes high-tech for the holidays
At Haywood Community College’s Regional High Technology Center, students created a Christmas tree like no other — a high-tech tree. All…
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Learning the craft
In a classic case of the student becoming the teacher, Brock Martin signed up for his first blacksmithing class at…
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Jack Stern demos his oil painting techniques
Landscape painter Jack Stern will demonstrate oil painting techniques at 6:15 p.m. on Jan. 5 at the Swain County Center…
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Art classes offered at Old Armory Recreation Center
The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will offer art classes at the Old Armory Recreation Center beginning in January. There…
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Casino to host New Year’s Eve gala
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel will celebrate the New Year with a burlesque show. The evening will feature live entertainment at…
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HCC names winners in first-ever photo contest
Haywood Community College recently announced the winners of the school’s first photo contest. HCC student Samantha Faust’s “Learning to Swim”…
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Great Smoky Mountains Railroad hosts New Year’s Eve bash
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad will ring in the New Year with a dinner and dance Dec. 31. As the…
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The Moody Blues to perform at Harrah’s in March
The Moody Blues will perform at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel on March 31 as part of their 32-city U.S.…
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Freight Hoppers to appear at Jack of the Wood
The Freight Hoppers, a nationally known string band, will play at Jack of the Wood in Asheville at 11 p.m.,…
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Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir comes to Asheville
The Soweto Gospel Choir will fill the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium with music at 4 p.m. on Jan. 29. Part of…
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Sylva resident to teach art of bookbinding
Phyllis Jarvinen of Sylva will demonstrate and teach a mini-workshop on book arts and book binding at the Art League…
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WCU to offer stained glass course beginning Jan. 12
Western Carolina University will hold a stained glass course every Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. from Jan. 12 through…
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Over the top and proud of it: Hazelwood neighbors light up a neighborhood to celebrate the season
Want to see, for free, one of the best examples of folk art to be found in Western North Carolina?…
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Waynesville artist to teach painting class
Waynesville artist and teacher Nick DePaolo will help people create an oil painting with his follow-along technique. The two-hour class…
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Community caroling and holiday crafts in Macon
The Macon County Public Library is hosting an old-time carol-along at 5 p.m. on Dec. 20. The song list will…
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Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts presents ‘Aladdin’
The Overlook Theatre Company will present Disney’s “Aladdin” at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin on…
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Replay of parades to run on Haywood TV station
WNC Television will air the Christmas Parade Special, a compilation of this year’s Waynesville and Canton parades, beginning Dec. 19.…
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Brewery to put on Nanta Claus Christmas benefit
The Nantahala Brewing Company in Bryson City is hosting its first Nanta Claus party and benefit Dec. 17. The event…
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Holiday community music jam planned for Dec. 15
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will hold its next community music jam 6 to 7:30 p.m., Dec. 15,…
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Free family flicks in Macon throughout December
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City is showing family-oriented Christmas movies each Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in December. The…
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Church groups offer a double helping of holiday events
Rockwood United Methodist Church in Canton will host two holiday programs Dec. 18. The Chancel Choir will present “One Small…
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National Park hosts holiday homecoming
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host a Holiday Homecoming at the new Oconaluftee Visitor Center Dec. 17. Park staff…
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Teen library supporters to meet at the Marianna Black Library
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will have a teen Friends of the Library meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Dec 15.…
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Sylva band’s jazz renditions are bringing the sexy back
With a Billie Holiday-style microphone, an Apple computer camera and her two bandmates on either side, Maggie Tobias transforms from…
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Skaggs Family to release album, perform Dec. 17
The Skaggs Family will perform songs from its new, 10-song holiday album, A Skaggs Family Christmas Volume Two, at the…
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Brasstown Ringers present ‘Christmas Bells’ concert
The Brasstown Ringers will perform their 2011 concert program “Christmas Bells” at 6 p.m., Dec. 16, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship…
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WCU Catamount statue receives a cozy holiday sweater
The Catamount statue at the main entrance of Western Carolina University is now sporting a red and green holiday sweater…
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Civic Orchestra plans holiday caroling, concert, and open house in Sylva
Join in holiday caroling and a concert by the strings section of the Western Carolina Civic Orchestra on Dec. 15.…
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Dust off your dancing shoes
The next Second Sunday Contra Dance will take place on Dec. 11 in the Community Room on the second floor…
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WCU School of Music to present Christmas portion of ‘Messiah’
The Western Carolina University School of Music will present the Christmas portion of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” at 3…
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Musician and folklorist Lee Knight to perform in Sylva Dec. 13
Lee Knight, a folklorist and musician, will perform holiday folk music in the community room of the Jackson County Public…
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Join the Oconaluftee Old-Time Music Jam
A monthly old-time music jam in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is bringing together musicians from across the region.…
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T’was the night before Christmas in Downtown Waynesville
Take a trip to downtown Waynesville for its “A Night Before Christmas” celebration from 6-9 p.m. on Dec. 10. “This…
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A festive celebration at the Rickman Store
The T.M. Rickman Store in Cowee will host a full day of arts events on Dec. 9 with crafters and…
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‘Season To Be Green’ open house to feature local artists, local gifts
The Jackson County’s Green Energy Park will hold its holiday open house on Dec. 11, inviting the public to visit…
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Local singer/songwriter gives concert for a cause Dec. 21
Local songwriter Mackenzie Leigh Wilson, fresh off of performances at the Curb Café and the Hard Rock Café in Nashville,…
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Spring pottery classes planned at SCC
Southwestern Community College’s Heritage Arts Program is pleased to announce clay classes for spring 2012. Students taking these classes have…
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A ‘free atmosphere to create’: Cherokee art school doubles its enrollment
Brian Kane used to teach someone else’s curriculum in someone else’s department at some other college. Unsatisfied with his situation,…
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Annie Moses Band to present Christmas show
The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin has added another show to its holiday lineup. The Annie…
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Come jam at Marianna Black Dec. 1
The next community music jam at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m.…
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Phil Roy brings ‘Hope’ Dec. 1
A guitarist who has written songs for Widespread Panic and Ray Charles will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1,…
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‘New Appalachia’ focus of program
A special evening program featuring poets, musicians, songwriters and historians will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 in…
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Angela-Faye Martin to play Dec. 6
Macon County singer/songwriter Angela-Faye Martin will perform at the Jackson County Public Library Complex in downtown Sylva on at 7…
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Student artists host annual craft sale
Haywood Studio’s annual Holiday Craft Sale will be held Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2. The sale will be held in…
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Craft Guild members plan December sale
The Southern Highland Craft Guild’s holiday sale at the Folk Art Center will be held Dec. 3 and Dec. 10.…
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Jackson craft festival has space available
The second Annual Arts, Crafts & More Festival will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the…
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Wind ensemble to perform at WCU Dec. 6
The Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble will present its final concert of the fall semester at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.…
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Waynesville Art After Dark wraps up season
The Waynesville Gallery Association will celebrate the holiday season during its final Art After Dark of 2011 from 6-9 p.m.…
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Students to compete in Poetry Out Loud competition
The Haywood County School District will hold its district competition of the Poetry Out Loud (POL) National Recitation Contest at…
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Lights, cameras, jubilation!
Communities in Western North Carolina are gathering to spread holiday cheer with plays, parades and art shows. Check out the…
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