Haywood Arts to showcase ‘Form’

The Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) is now presenting “Form,” its newest themed exhibit on display at the Haywood Handmade…
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'An Appalachian Evening'

The “An Appalachian Evening” series will continue with a performance by The Kruger Brothers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19,…
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‘Concerts on the Creek’

The Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce are proud to present…
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Chamber music returns

The popular Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas (CMSC) will host its annual summer residency at 4 p.m. July 20,…
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Bryson City community jam

A community jam will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17, on the front patio of the Marianna Black…
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Front Street Arts & Crafts

The annual Front Street Arts & Crafts Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 19,…
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It’s about damn time: A conversation with Magnolia Boulevard

Coming in hot to the perform at 185 King Street in Brevard last Thursday evening, Magnolia Boulevard had barely enough…
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Trading resentment for gratitude

In “Untangling You” (Major Street Publishing, 2022, 208 pages), Dr. Kerry Howells explores the role of gratitude in life and…
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Meade returns to Frog Level

Popular Florida-based indie/soul singer-songwriter Shane Meade will perform at 6 p.m. Friday, July 11, at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. 
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Americana, blues at Cataloochee Ranch

Musical duo Brian Ashley Jones and Melanie Jean will perform from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at the Cataloochee Ranch…
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Ellis to present debut novel

Ralph Ellis will host a special reading for his new work, “The Accident Report,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12,…
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HART presents ‘Ripcord’

A special stage production of “Ripcord” will be held at 7:30 p.m. July 10-12 and 2 p.m. July 13 at…
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Maggie Valley Arts & Crafts Show

The 34th annual Maggie Valley Arts & Crafts Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12-13…
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Medicine for living: Alexa Rose plays Yonder Community Market

On Sunday afternoon, as a good portion of Western North Carolina was experiencing rainstorms, the early summer sunshine broke through…
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If God is gone, then what’s left?

Sometimes a book finds you when you need it and don’t even know you need it. Over the last few…
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Cherokee pottery exhibition

A special showcase, “Didanisisgi Gadagwatli: A Showcase of Pottery from the Mud Dauber Community Workshop,” is now on display at…
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Fourth of July in the Smokies

Nothing says summer more than the Fourth of July with friends and family. And in Western North Carolina, we celebrate…
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Blow the tannery whistle: Please butt out

At this point, I would like to tell you about my great-great grandfather, Bryant Carden, who joined the Confederacy. Bryant…
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Love, Dante, and a wild goose chase

I have always been a sucker for a good love story, so when I was told that J. M. Coetzee —…
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Rock’em, sock’em: Live wrestling comes to The Orange Peel

When he was just a kid, Cole Taylor vividly remembers the first time he watched wrestling on TV. It was…
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Mark Helprin, a great American novelist

Friday, May 30, was a banner day I’ll long remember. A soft Carolina-blue sky topped the Virginia hills and fields…
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Book honors George Ellison

Elizabeth and Quintin Ellison will share their poetry and photography book created with the late George Ellison, “Land of Blue…
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‘Islands in the Sky’ launch to highlight Helene survivors, amplify Appalachian voices

Next week, award-winning graphic novelist Andrew Aydin will return to Haywood County to help kick off an ambitious new creative…
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Asheville Poetry Review marks 30 years

In May, a very special anniversary issue of the Asheville Poetry Review was released for public consumption celebrating 30 years…
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Lonesome wind: Upstream Rebellion to play Folkmoot Center

At the recent MerleFest, the nation’s premier Americana/bluegrass festival in Wilkesboro, an emerging act from our region, Upstream Rebellion, not…
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Blow the tannery whistle: Bradbury still burns, 72 years later

I first read “Fahrenheit 451” around 1953 when we were dealing with the McCarthy era. This country was in the grips…
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A comic read that defies pigeon-holing

In the course of human events, there does come a time when comedy is in order. Such was a time…
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‘Stronger Than The Storm’

A reading for “Stronger Than The Storm: Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina” will take place from 5–7 p.m. Saturday,…
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Pigeon Community ‘Storytellers Series’

The Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center in Waynesville has recently announced its 2025 “Pigeon Community Conversations with Storytellers Series.” 
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How did we do it: Graham Sharp of Steep Canyon Rangers

During his recent solo album release show at 185 King St. in Brevard, singer-songwriter Graham Sharp was not only surrounded…
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Following Helene, Big Pillow Brewing crafts its next chapter

On a recent sunny afternoon in Hot Springs, it was almost impossible to find a parking spot within vicinity of…
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An insightful look in apartheid, South Africa

Sometimes fictional books, when they’re written well, can give the same, if not more, insight to a people and culture…
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Chappell statue unveiled

The Haywood County Public Library recently unveiled a memorial to Fred Chappell at its Canton branch, which honors his literary…
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Gone for good: The Last Revel to headline Cold Mountain Music Festival

Much like their sorrowful, purposeful melodies, the members of The Last Revel contain this thick thread of self, and of…
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A riveting, true story out of China

A friend of mine suggested “Wild Swans” (Simon & Schuster, Reprint Edition, 2003, 538 pages) and to say it did not…
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Full circle: Astro Record Store opens in Waynesville

One recent afternoon, while wandering the Historic Frog Level District in Waynesville, the sounds of hard rock act AC/DC drifted…
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The brief history of the Sylva Collegiate Institute

Back in the 1940s, while World War II was still raging in Europe and the Philippines,  Charlie Kilpatrick and I…
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Vincent van Gogh from a female perspective

I was gifted the book “The Secret Life of Sunflowers” (by Marta Molnar, 2022, 399 pages) and told I would like…
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Haywood Community Band launches 2025 season

The Haywood Community Band (HCB) will kick off its 2025 season with a special concert, a “Celebration of Song and…
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What remains: Following Helene flooding, MANNA FoodBank releases benefit album

In the seven months since Hurricane Helene ravaged the mountains and valleys of Western North Carolina, there’s been one constant…
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Asheville poet focuses on the ‘Now’

As a practitioner and student of poetry all my life, I’ve noticed that while there is a lot of poetry…
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Saddle up and take a ride West

It’s the spring of 1873 in the Wyoming Territory, and U.S. Marshal Tim Colter and his grizzled mentor and best…
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Writer dreamed of a mythical Russia

In the early 1900s, in Tsarist Russia, young intellectuals with means would study philosophy and history. Some would feel a…
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Taking the wheel: Following Helene flooding, Canton art collective to reopen

Last Thursday afternoon, dark storm clouds overtook downtown Canton. Sitting on a couch in the Cold Mountain Art Collective on…
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Rain on the scarecrows (concluded)

Several weeks ago, I published an article that dealt with a trip to Tellico Plains with the Principal Chief of…
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Thoreau found God in the natural world

“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, but rather spiritual beings on a human journey.” Teilhard de Chardin…
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A little taste of home: Junction Pub opens in Sylva

It’s mid-afternoon and the seats are starting to fill up at the Junction Pub in Sylva. Located along Skyland Drive…
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A look at the 30s glitterati in ‘Rules of Civility’

Having read and relished Amor Towles’ “A Gentleman in Moscow,” I picked up the first novel he published, “Rules of…
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Blow the tannery whistle: Scarecrows in the rain

This one is for my old friends, living and dead, in Cherokee. Here’s to you, Trigger Young, Woody Sneed, Bill…
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HCAC celebrates Woodford

The Haywood County Arts Council’s (HCAC) specially curated exhibit featuring the works of celebrated visual artist and author Ann Miller…
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