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Leapin’ Frog Gallery to hold an experimental art workshop
Local artist Silvia Cabrera Williams will lead an experimental art workshop from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 13 at…
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Country Memories to pick at Sylva library
The library in Sylva will host the musicians of Country Memories at 7 p.m. July 10. The sextet consists of…
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Sylva library to host contra dance
A Second Sunday Contra Dance will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. July 8 on the second floor of the…
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Make some noise in Bryson City
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will host a community jam from 6-7:30 p.m. July 5 in the library…
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Waynesville open late for Art After Dark
The Waynesville Gallery Association’s monthly Art After Dark will take place from 6-9 p.m. July 6, followed by the new…
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Maggie to host arts and crafts show
The Maggie Valley Summer Arts and Crafts Show will return to the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds from 9 a.m. to…
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All aboard the dinosaur train
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad offer a train ride based on the PBS kids series Dinosaur Train, departing from Bryson…
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Liars Bench to appear at Franklin library
The Liars Bench, a live authentic Southern Appalachian storytelling, music, poetry, drama and folk arts presentation will perform at 7…
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HART raising funds for second stage
Haywood Arts Regional Theatre will kick off a $1 million capital fund drive to build a second theater space at…
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Ghost stories, monsters to visit Macon library
The public library in Franklin is hosting two days of haunting teen events exploring monsters and the paranormal. The Haunted…
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WCU to present stage version of ‘Lincolnites’
Actress Barbara Bates Smith will star in a stage adaptation of the short story “Lincolnites” at 7 p.m. July 12…
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Old Mater Farm benefit to feature bluegrass, gospel artists
Old Mater Farm is set to host Junior Sisk and Darrin and Brooke Aldridge for its first summer benefit at…
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Painters descend on Cashiers for inspirational outdoor painting spree
Artists from around the Southeast will set up their easels and ready their colors in an outdoor painting spree around…
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Combating things that sting and itch
This is about critters and plants that sting and itch. There are lots of things out there in the woods…
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An evening with George Ellison and Lee Knight
As part of a summer series of music, the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City is presenting a special program…
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Local author publishes second mystery set in WNC
Morgan James of Macon County will sign copies of her book Quiet Killing at Books Unlimited in Franklin at 10…
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Snake handlers riveting but cliché
“... and these signs shall follow those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons, they will speak…
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SummerVoice camp supported by Young Singers Foundation
Voices in the Laurel’s SummerVoice Music Camp will expand this year to become the Voices in the Laurel Summer Music…
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WCU to hold Dulcimer U
Registration continues for Dulcimer U, a residential program at Western Carolina University that draws dulcimer enthusiasts from across the country…
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Professor to teach stars and planets program
Paul Heckert, professor of astronomy and physics at Western Carolina University, will present a special program about stars and planets…
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Rickman Store to host ‘Music, Art & Poetry Night’
“Music, Art & Poetry Night,” an open mic arts night, will begin at 7 p.m. June 29 at the Rickman…
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Sew it in Sylva
Ann Gill-Johnson, a member of the Sew Easy Girls Extension and Community Association, will offer a sewing class at 1…
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Learn to solve common painting problems
The Art League of the Smokies will meet at 6:15 p.m. July 5 at the Swain County Center for the…
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Arts series features ceramics workshops
The Cullowhee Mountain ARTS Summer Visual ART Series is offering three weeklong ceramics workshops at Western Carolina University’s School of…
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Workshop series brings art to the masses
Cullowhee Mountain ARTS is offering weeklong workshops through Aug. 3 as part of its Summer Visual Arts Series at Western…
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Top artisans from Southeast to convene for crafts show
The 23rd annual Mountain Artisans Summertime Art & Crafts Show will present the top artisans and crafters in the Southeast…
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The Mad Batter to celebrate spirits in Cullowhee
The Mad Batter is celebrating their introduction of beer to their menu with live music and a beer tasting from…
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Joe Penland to open Songcatchers series
Ballad singer and storyteller Joe Penland will kick off the 2012 Songcatchers Music Series at 4 p.m. July 1 at…
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A cappella group to sing at Franklin arts center
Voices of Lee, an a cappella ensemble from Lee University, will perform at 2:30 p.m. July 1 at the Smoky…
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Bascom to host barn dance
The Bascom, a visual arts center in The Highlands, will hold its first Summer Barn Dance of the season from…
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Celebrate world cultures through Folkmoot
Nearly 300 performers from nine countries will descend on Haywood County July 18 to 29 for the Folkmoot Festival held…
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Neil Diamond tribute artist to perform at Franklin arts center
Neil Diamond impersonator and tribute artist Tom Sadge will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. June 29 at the Smoky…
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Cherokee recording artist to perform at Fontana June 30
Cherokee Recording Artist Shea Keck will be performing from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. June 30 at the Wildwood Grill…
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The Barefoot Movement to play in Jackson
The Barefoot Movement will play a free concert at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva at 7 p.m. July…
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Registration now open for Franklin’s July 4 horseshoe and cornhole tournaments
The Franklin Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fourth of July horseshoe and cornhole tournaments will begin at 10 a.m. at the…
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WNC lights it up for the Fourth
From cornhole tournaments to a homemade raft race, from a fireworks train ride to kids-only parade, mountain communities are pulling…
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Firecracker 5K lights a fuse with runners
If you are looking to run a personal best, consider the Bryson City Firecracker 5k on July 4th. The…
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Youth National Fly Fishing Championship held in Cherokee
This year’s U.S. Youth Fly Fishing Championships were held in Cherokee last weekend, with venues including the catch-and-release waters in…
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Horse exhibition to benefit Panthertown
The Bald Rock Horse Exhibition will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 30 in Sapphire to…
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Lecture series travels into the world of bogs
From spider behavior to salamander pheromones, researchers with the Highlands Biological Station are seemingly undaunted by the finer, even…
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Chimney Rock completes new elevator and staircase to iconic rock tower
Building the original elevator to the mountain’s summit in 1949 took workers 18 months to blast through solid granite, creating…
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Watch that stream
The Town of Waynesville has partnered with Haywood Waterways Association to strategically place stream-crossing signs around town and help…
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Join rangers for a hike to Black Balsam
Rangers with the Blue Ridge Parkway will lead a hike to the summit of Black Balsam Knob in the Shining…
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‘Spectacular’ nature photography on exhibit at Cradle of Forestry
“Spectacular Southern Appalachians” is the theme of a Nature Photography Exhibit by the mountain chapter of the Carolinas Nature Photographers…
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Growers needed for new Stecoah market
A new farmer’s market has opened at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center in Graham County every Wednesday morning…
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Canary Colition to screen documentaries at annual meeting
The Canary Coalition’s annual membership gathering will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 29 at the Jackson County…
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Waynesville artist supports Haywood Waterways Association
Artist Rick Hills, a studio owner in Waynesville, is donating 20 percent of the sale of his artwork on display…
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Wielding a symbolic veto against fracking’s unknown downsides
Gov. Perdue has to be weary. This weariness was apparent months ago when she declared she would not seek…
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Mapping Mountain Treasures: Wilderness on the line
A sweeping review of the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests will get under way in a matter of months, a…
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The changing face of WNC’s national forests
A million acres of national forests sounds like a lot, and indeed it is. But consider the 8.6 million people…
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