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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Mountain Heritage Center jams continue
The First Thursday Old-Time and Bluegrass Jam Series will continue at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center on Thursday, Dec.…
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Holiday events
• A Traditional Thanksgiving & Tree Trimming will be held from Thursday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Nov. 27, at the…
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WCU Jazz Ensemble to perform Nov. 29
The Western Carolina University Jazz Ensemble will present its annual fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29. Under the…
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Stillwell returns to SMHS for homecoming concert
Popular Nashville recording artist Matt Stillwell returns home to the mountains of Western North Carolina on Saturday, Dec. 3, for…
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Museum to take Cherokee story to wider audience in 2012
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian will take its story on the road in 2012, holding a series of new…
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Holiday craft show returns to Cullowhee
A popular post-Thanksgiving arts and crafts tradition will once again fill Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Center for two days of…
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Barbara Bates Smith play to be performed at Jackson library
The Jackson County Public Library will host a performance of “Deck the Halls with Southern Writers,” the new one-woman Christmas…
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Tickets available for Balsam Range/John Wiggins show
There are still limited tickets available for $25 for the Balsam Range concert with John Wiggins at 7:30 p.m. on…
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Polar Express now boarding in Bryson
In 1985, Chris Van Allsburg wrote The Polar Express, a story of a magical train ride on Christmas Eve. The…
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Roller derby divas
Judy Lau is a mom and detective with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office; Miss Demeanor is a tough-looking roller derby…
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WCU chorus, symphony combine talents for Nov. 20 performance
The Western Carolina University Concert Choir will team up with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra and Asheville Symphony Chorus for a…
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Penrod, Randle to perform in Franklin
Guy Penrod and Lynda Randle will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the…
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Singer Charley Pride coming to Harrah’s
Tickets go on sale Nov. 18 for a Jan. 14 concert by country music star Charley Pride at Harrah’s Cherokee…
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Sunday Concert Series presents One Leg Up
One Leg Up will perform in concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, in the Haywood County Library in…
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Broadway on parade at Tuscola
The Tuscola High School Chamber Choir and The Summit Choir will present a musical review of some of Broadway’s greatest…
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Fundraiser planned for Community Table
A fundraising event for the Community Table soup kitchen in Sylva will be held from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.…
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Canton library to celebrate Native American Heritage Month
Haywood County native Charlie Rhodarmer, director and manager of the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, will give a presentation on 18th century…
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A firm grasp on history
Students from Oconaluftee Institute of Cultural Arts recently visited the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and got to put their…
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Holiday workshop planned
The Jackson County Extension and Community Association Craft Club will hold a workshop for participants to make holiday potpourri and…
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SCC presents Cherokee Baskets Show
Southwestern Community College’s Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts is hosting a Cherokee Baskets Show in its gallery on Tribal Bingo…
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Holiday workshop for kids is Nov. 19
Elementary school-age children and their families are invited to Holiday ARTSaturday, the Macon County Arts Council’s free monthly crafts and…
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Great, small artwork for sale at Haywood’s Gallery 86
The Haywood County Arts Council’s Gallery 86 will hold its fourth annual small works show titled, “It’s a Small, Small…
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WCU library sharpens focus on regional history with two new websites
Individuals with an interest in the region’s past can now search two new online archives devoted to Cherokee culture and…
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Tickets went on sale Nov. 1 for WCU radio broadcast production of ‘Dracula’
Western Carolina University’s original radio broadcast adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula” will be staged at the John W.…
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Roles of Sumter, Timberlake in Cherokee history topic of presentation
Canton library to celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a program on Cherokee history and culture Haywood County native Charlie…
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Bob Plott to visit Liars Bench
“Legendary Hunters and Hounds of the Great Smokies” will be the subject of the next Liars Bench at 7 p.m.…
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WNC AIDS Project offers special screening of ‘Life, Above All’
The Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) will show the award-winning film “Life Above All” at 7 p.m. on Nov.…
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Ron Rash to receive NC’s civilian award
A group of distinguished North Carolinians — including WCU’s Ron Rash — will receive the North Carolina Award, the highest…
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Exhibit presents student experience as art
Students in Western Carolina University’s Creative Life Living-Learning Community will present an exhibit titled “Transitions” in Gallery 130 at the…
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Fine Art Museum to host Family Fun Day, handmade item sale
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will host a holiday sale of handmade items and a Fall Family…
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Glass artist to show work at Leapin’ Frog Gallery
Glass artist Rebecca Hellman will show her works in jewelry and fused glass at Leapin’ Frog Gallery in Waynesville on…
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