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Williams offers abstract workshop
Learn to create an abstract painting in a one-day workshop with artist Silvia Cabrera Williams at Leapin’ Frog Gallery in…
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Swing dance in Franklin Aug. 26
Bring your dancing shoes for a dance from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, at the Franklin…
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Friends to share favorite poems
Friends and neighbors in the Cashiers area will read their favorite poems and share their reasons for enjoying them at…
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Follow the siren call to Highlands Cashiers Players
The North Carolina premiere of the comedy, “Sirens,” is the Highlands Cashiers Players first play of the new season. It…
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Suzy Bogguss to play from her new American Folk Songbook
Grammy-winning folk singer Suzy Bogguss will perform on Sept. 2 at the Highlands Performing Arts Cetner. Bogguss has just released…
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Barefoot Movement to play in Bryson Aug. 27
Regional favorite The Barefoot Movement will play from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, as part of Music…
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Dixieland Jazz concert in Bryson City
The Frog Level Philharmonic will perform a concert of Dixieland jazz music at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28, at…
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Library hosts evening of music with Liz Nance
Local singer/songwriter Liz Nance will perform an evening of acoustic music at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, at the…
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The fair is here! Haywood County Fair showcases smorgasboard of horse pulls, ice cream eating, giant pumpkins and more
Summer is slowly turning to fall, school doors are opening for another year, and another hallmark of the season is…
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Our unique geography leads to unusual names
About a year and a half ago I wrote a column titled “Mountain Topography and Language Lend Themselves to Colorful…
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Ancient trails serve as basis of today’s transportation system
Want to understand and know about the Cherokee trails that shaped this region? On Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m.,…
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Popular off-road triathlon coming up
If you are feeling tough and fit, then the Tsali Challenge is just the right event to showcase your paddling,…
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Hearing set next month on proposed hunting and fishing changes
There a few proposed changes being made to the state’s wildlife management and fishing regulations that would impact Western North…
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Bears force shutdowns in popular areas
Increased bear activity in the Appalachian Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest has led to closings in Yancey County…
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Have a barrel of fun at the Rickman Store, plus learn a few things
Learn how to make your own rain barrel, create a stormwater wetland and about habitat rehabilitation projects in general at…
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Learn how to build a rain barrel
Learn how to build your own rain barrel at a Haywood Waterways Association workshop. Rain barrels are a great source…
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The state of the Tuck
A workshop on the State of the Tuckaseegee River will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.…
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Photographer to talk about international project in Highlands
Clay Bolt, an award-winning natural history photographer, will be at the Highlands Nature Center at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.…
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Get those cameras out for the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
Shutterbug alert: The ninth annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition is now open for registration and submissions. Amateur and professional photographers…
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Take a volunteer trail vacation on the AT
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Rocky Top Trail Crew is looking for horse packers and crew volunteers this fall to help…
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Hike Panthertown? Then help keep the trails up, too
Want to help keep Panthertown Valley beautiful and accessible? Volunteers are needed Saturday, Aug. 20, for a Trail Work Day.…
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Rankin Bottoms
I can always count on Rankin Bottoms Wildlife Refuge when I need a Loosiana Delta fix. This musky backwater with…
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Going the distance: Bike riders fuel up right for Blue Ridge Breakaway
If you’re going to put on and sponsor what has quickly evolved into one of the region’s most popular road-bike…
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Story time with Sara Doolittle
Franklin resident Sara Doolittle will be at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, for…
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Coffee with the Poet Series to feature Mary Adams
WCU professor Mary Adams will read from her work at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, at City Lights Bookstore…
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Living the easy life can be hard
Author Lynne Hinkey will read from her book Marina Melee at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Blue Ridge…
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John Still’s posthumous novel ‘heart-rending’
When I was a child riding the backroads of Western North Carolina with my grandfather in his big red Esso…
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A day of bluegrass at the library
The Macon County Library will come alive with music on Thursday, Aug. 18, with Lady and the Old Timers at…
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Bluegrass jam celebrates 14th year
The Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam will begin at 4 p.m. on Aug. 26-27and at the festival grounds behind the old…
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Concert celebrates the Kingston Trio
A tribute concert honoring The Kingston Trio, one of America’s most popular folk groups for more than 40 years, will…
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A chance to dance with the Moscow Ballet
Moscow Ballet and the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts announce open auditions for 7- to 16-year-old dancers to…
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Alice Sebrell to exhibit at WCU
“Understory: An Exhibition of Work by Alice Sebrell” will run from Aug. 21 through Oct. 28 at the Fine Art…
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Meet candidates and dance to the oldies at Bethel Sock Hop
A Sock Hop and a meet-the-candidates event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Juke…
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Haywood Community band to give free concert
The Haywood Community Band will present its fourth free concert of the Maggie Valley Concert Series at 6:30 p.m. on…
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Musical couple play free concert in Waynesville
Mountain musicians Rob and Anne Lough will give a concert at 3 p.m. on Aug. 21 at the Haywood County…
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Learn to knit in two classes
Sandra Beck will teach a two-class knitting workshop at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23 and 25 at the Jackson County…
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Art Sampler at Stecoah
Members of the Stecoah Artisans Guild will be demonstrating their techniques on from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday,…
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Beaverdam hosts arts and craft show
The Third Arts and Craft Show will be held on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Beaverdam Community Center in Canton.…
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HART presents Noel Coward Comedy
Haywood Arts Regional Theater’s next production will be the Noel Coward comedy “Hay Fever” at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19,…
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Tribes share cultures at Cherokee festival
Dancing has been a part of Native American culture for centuries, as celebration or grief or worship or even warning.…
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The insect sting that launched a frenzy of pill popping
If I overdose and you have to take me to the emergency room, I told a friend Friday night, please…
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Skateboarders treated unfairly, especially by police
What if we treated all athletes like skateboarders? I ask this question because I am a skateboarder. I grew up…
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SCC does not need this kind of road
To the Editor: After reading a recent article in The Sylva Herald, I feel it is time to further explain…
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Keep N.C. artifacts on N.C. side of the Smokies
To the Editor: For the last two weeks I have been hearing about artifacts donated to the Great Smoky Mountains…
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Leading by example creates lasting legacies
Many people who lead exceptional lives never break an arm trying to pat themselves on their own back. They just…
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Macon County cites need for kidney dialysis center; closest one now in Sylva
Macon County officials, concerned by the growing numbers of residents here forced to travel over Cowee Mountain to Sylva for…
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Haywood must pay up for firing courthouse contractor
Haywood County is on the hook for $700,000 after an arbitration panel found the county wrongfully fired the contractor overseeing…
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Blood drive organized in honor of slain trooper, son
The Tye Blanton Foundation will host its seventh blood drive for the American Red Cross on Sunday, Aug. 28. …
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Golf tournament to benefit veterans
The 9/11 Armed Forces Golf Classic will be held on Sept. 10 and 11 at Sequoyah National Golf Club in…
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Improve your online skills with workshops
Two one-day Internet courses will be offered from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Agust 25 and 26 by Western…
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