Tablescapes luncheon at Grace Church
 

Tablescapes luncheon at Grace Church

Grace Church in the Mountains in Waynesville will be having its annual “Tablescapes” luncheon starting at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 25. The…
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Ellison to lead reading at Rickman Store
 

Ellison to lead reading at Rickman Store

Writer and naturalist George Ellison will read from his new collection of poems, Permanent Camp, at the Rickman Store at…
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Lee Knight to present free educational music program
 

Lee Knight to present free educational music program

Folk singer/storyteller Lee Knight will bring his unique sounds to the stage of the Village Commons in Cashiers at 7…
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WCU screens series of free documentaries
 

WCU screens series of free documentaries

Western Carolina University will offer a series of films on topics from local food to the life of a forgotten…
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‘Fox on the Fairway’ opens this week
 

‘Fox on the Fairway’ opens this week

The comedy “Fox on the Fairway” opens the Highlands Cashiers Players at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Performing Arts…
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Overlook Theatre to present ‘The Civil War, an American musical’
 

Overlook Theatre to present ‘The Civil War, an American musical’

The Overlook Theatre Company in Franklin will present “The Civil War, an American Musical,” at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 23-25…
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Metal artist featured in lecture
 

Metal artist featured in lecture

Noted artist Grace Cathey will share the story about her chosen craft genre – metal sculpture – with her presentation…
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Clogging classes starting in Bryson City
 

Clogging classes starting in Bryson City

Beginner clogging classes will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the N.C. Cooperative Extension at 60 Almond School…
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Back a cat to help support Catman2
 

Back a cat to help support Catman2

Hard economic times have taken a toll on animal rescue groups, and Catman2 is no exception. Harold Sims, commonly known…
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Art raffle to benefit nonprofit arts program
 

Art raffle to benefit nonprofit arts program

Cullowhee Mountain ARTS is raffling off 24 original art works ranging from painting and printmaking to mixed media and ceramics.…
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Labor Day LakeAlooza party at Fontana Village
 

Labor Day LakeAlooza party at Fontana Village

Fontana Village Resort will host the third annual LakeAlooza celebration Aug. 31-Sept. 1. Local residents and visiting guests are invited…
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Patton String Band to entertain in Macon
 

Patton String Band to entertain in Macon

The Macon County Public Library will host the Patton String Band at 7 p.m. Aug. 30. Come and enjoy old…
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Ceramicist to show at Green Energy Park
 

Ceramicist to show at Green Energy Park

The Jackson County Green Energy Park will host a reception at its art gallery from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 23 for…
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An evening of music with Ron and Julia Thompson
 

An evening of music with Ron and Julia Thompson

As part of a Summer Music Series, the Bryson City library will present acoustic country music by Ron and Julia…
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The Temptations review starring Dennis Edwards to perform Aug. 31
 

The Temptations review starring Dennis Edwards to perform Aug. 31

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and former lead singer of The Temptations, Dennis Edwards, will take the stage at…
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An evening with Balsam Range: Pulling the strings of bluegrass, brotherhood and backwoods tradition
 

An evening with Balsam Range: Pulling the strings of bluegrass, brotherhood and backwoods tradition

The strings of tradition and progress echoed from the back alley. Upon further inspection (and a lone door cracked open),…
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WCU alumnus, ceramicist to show at Green Energy Park
 

WCU alumnus, ceramicist to show at Green Energy Park

The Jackson County Green Energy Park will host a reception at its art gallery from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 23 for…
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Local playwright tells story of Horace Kephart
 

Local playwright tells story of Horace Kephart

Gary Carden, storyteller and humorist, will once again visit Highlands at 4 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Hudson Library to…
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Funding for the arts available
 

Funding for the arts available

The Jackson County Arts Council is now accepting applications for arts program grants for the fiscal year 2012-2013. The grant…
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Apply now for Arts Council sub-grants
 

Apply now for Arts Council sub-grants

Haywood County Arts Council is now accepting applications for North Carolina Arts Council’s Grassroots Arts Program sub-grants through Sept. 20.…
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Cruso quilting group to hold annual show
 

Cruso quilting group to hold annual show

The Cruso Friendship Club will host its 23rd Quilt Show Aug. 24-25 at the Cruso Community Center on U.S. 276…
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Jeff Little Trio slated for Stecoah Aug. 18
 

Jeff Little Trio slated for Stecoah Aug. 18

The Jeff Little Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Stecoah Valley Center as part of the…
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A cappella group to fill Franklin church with song
 

A cappella group to fill Franklin church with song

Land of the Sky Barbershop Chorus will perform at 3 p.m. Aug. 19 in Tartan Hall at First Presbyterian Church…
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Bluegrass jam livens up Fines Creek
 

Bluegrass jam livens up Fines Creek

The 15th annual Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam will take place from 5-11 p.m. Aug. 24-25 on the lawn of the Fines…
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Caribbean Cowboys to perform in Fontana
 

Caribbean Cowboys to perform in Fontana

The Summer Concert series at Fontana Village Resort will feature Logan Murrell from 8-11 p.m. Aug. 17 and the Caribbean…
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Trombone recital to take listeners on European tour
 

Trombone recital to take listeners on European tour

Dan Cherry, associate professor in Western Carolina University’s School of Music, will take listeners on a “European Tour” when he…
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Marshall Ballew to perform in Waynesville
 

Marshall Ballew to perform in Waynesville

Tennessee songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Ballew will perform at 3 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Waynesville library auditorium on Haywood…
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Sean Kingston offers free concert at WCU
 

Sean Kingston offers free concert at WCU

Contemporary vocalist Sean Kingston will perform a free outdoor concert on Western Carolina University’s Central Plaza on at 7:30 p.m.…
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Kenny Rogers is coming to Cherokee
 

Kenny Rogers is coming to Cherokee

Country legend Kenny Rogers will take the stage at Harrah’s Event Center in Cherokee at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1.
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Appalachian Fire Bluegrass Band to perform in Bryson City
 

Appalachian Fire Bluegrass Band to perform in Bryson City

Appalachian Fire Bluegrass Band of Flat Rock will perform a concert of classic bluegrass and gospel music at 3 p.m.…
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Highlands Cashiers players to present first play of the new season
 

Highlands Cashiers players to present first play of the new season

The Highlands Cashiers Players’ will premiere an uproarious, laugh-out-loud new Ken Ludwig comedy “The Fox on the Fairway” Aug. 23.…
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Design school faculty to present work Aug. 23
 

Design school faculty to present work Aug. 23

Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum will host a reception from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 23 for its biennial School of…
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‘Wine for the Arts' celebrates 12th year
 

‘Wine for the Arts' celebrates 12th year

The Haywood County Arts Council will host its 12th annual “Wine for the Arts” from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 23 at…
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Chamber music performance at the Jackson County Public Library
 

Chamber music performance at the Jackson County Public Library

Members of the Western Carolina Civic Orchestra — conducted by William Henigbaum — will present a string chamber orchestra concert…
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Fashions for mastectomy patients to be featured at talk
 

Fashions for mastectomy patients to be featured at talk

Jody Kraner, owner of Amaste Woman, will speak from 1-3 p.m. Aug. 20 in the conference room of the Cooperative…
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‘Lincoln’s Dreams’ concludes Civil War-based talks
 

‘Lincoln’s Dreams’ concludes Civil War-based talks

The Friends of the Library will present the final novel in the “Let’s Talk About It: Civil War Novels” discussion…
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Pair of preachers put ‘picking’ talents to the test in Picked Off competition
 

Pair of preachers put ‘picking’ talents to the test in Picked Off competition

By Peggy Manning • Correspondent Two Western North Carolina preachers were chosen for an episode of the new Picked Off…
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Learn from metal artist at Shelton House talk
 

Learn from metal artist at Shelton House talk

Metal artist Grace Cathey of Haywood County will display her work and talk about her artistic journey from 7 to…
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Stroll the Sylva art scene Aug. 10
 

Stroll the Sylva art scene Aug. 10

Jackson County Visual Arts Association (JVCAA) is sponsoring the Sylva Art Stroll in historic downtown Sylva starting at 5 p.m.…
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Macon library to host family art workshop
 

Macon library to host family art workshop

Elementary school-aged children and their families are invited to a free “Back To School” ARTSaturday workshop from 10 a.m. until…
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All things wood featured at Folk Art Center
 

All things wood featured at Folk Art Center

The Folk Art Center will host its annual celebration of woodcrafts at Wood Day from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Aug.11…
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Kiwanis Club of Waynesville to revive Spelling Bee
 

Kiwanis Club of Waynesville to revive Spelling Bee

The Kiwanis Club of Waynesville is reviving the very popular Spelling Bee fundraising event that was run, for many years,…
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Civil War and chaplains topic of lecture
 

Civil War and chaplains topic of lecture

“Answering the Call: Religion and Chaplains during the Civil War” will be the topic of a lecture by Ronald Vinson…
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Put on dancing shoes for Sylva event
 

Put on dancing shoes for Sylva event

The next Second Sunday Contra Dance will be from 2:30-5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, in the community room on…
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Kellie Pickler to perform Aug. 18
 

Kellie Pickler to perform Aug. 18

Kellie Pickler, a small-town North Carolina native who competed on NBC’s American Idol, will perform at the Smoky Mountain Center…
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Concert series features Flack, Elderly Brothers
 

Concert series features Flack, Elderly Brothers

The Summer Concert series at Fontana Village Resort will feature The Elderly Brothers from 8-11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11,…
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An evening of music with Liz and AJ Nance
 

An evening of music with Liz and AJ Nance

The Marianna Black Library will present an evening of acoustic music with local singer/songwriter team Liz and AJ Nance at 7 p.m.…
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WCU to feature live music, outdoor movie at Valley Ballyhoo
 

WCU to feature live music, outdoor movie at Valley Ballyhoo

Western Carolina University will host two bands and screen the horror film “Cabin in the Woods” on Saturday, Aug. 18,…
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Voices in the Laurel announces upcoming auditions
 

Voices in the Laurel announces upcoming auditions

Forty-seven students played and sang their way through the week as Voices in the Laurel Children’s Choir recently completed its…
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‘Lost in Yonkers' takes the stage at HART
 

‘Lost in Yonkers' takes the stage at HART

Haywood Arts Regional Theater will present Neil Simon’s play “Lost in Yonkers” which premiered at the Richard Rogers Theater in…
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