Disc golf tournament, craft beer festival at Fontana Village
Hoptoberfest will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 13 at Fontana Village Resort. The daylong festival will start with a…
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Acrylic demonstration of street scene
Artist and teacher Dominick DePaolo will demonstrate acrylic painting techniques in a street scene for Art League of the Smokies…
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Swain teacher exhibits art education thesis
The Swain County Center for the Arts will celebrate the paintings of area elementary and middle school art teacher Sheena…
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HCC focus of new art council show
Haywood County Arts Council’s Gallery 86 is hosting an artist’s reception for the Haywood Community College’s professional craft faculty and…
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‘Surreal Appalachia’ celebrated at Waynesville gallery
Two local artists who use unconventional materials will be featured from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 5 at Gallery 262 in downtown…
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Disney discussion
Blue Ridge Watermedia Society will hold their monthly meeting at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 9 at the First Baptist Church on…
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Regional art grants available
Regional Artist Project grant of Western North Carolina (RAP go WNC) funding is available to developing art professionals for the…
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Integration topic of panel discussion
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will host a panel discussion about history of integration at 7 p.m. Oct.…
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Leaf Lookers Gemboree comes to Franklin
The 23rd annual Leaf Lookers Gemboree is Oct. 26-28 at the Macon County Community Building in Franklin. The Gemboree will…
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Italian love story warms up the HART
Bringing a little warmth to the impending fall weather, the Haywood Regional Arts Theatre in Waynesville presents “The Light In…
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Haywood theatre enters second act
It may look like a grassy field to some, but to Steven Lloyd, it’s a window of opportunity. Lloyd, executive…
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Hop, tip and a pump away: Haywood welcomes a burgeoning brewery scene
It’s noon on a Wednesday and Scott Peterson already has beer on the mind.
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Winners chosen in Haywood talent competition
Haywood Arts Regional Theater’s regional talent show finals played to a standing room only on Sept. 22 at the HART…
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WCU to celebrate Homecoming in October
Western Carolina University will celebrate Homecoming 2012 — whose theme is “Tradition Long, Catamount Strong — with a host of…
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Illusionist coming to WCU
Western Carolina University brings magician Jason Bishop to the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center in Cullowhee at…
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Scarecrow festival coming to Bryson City
The scarecrows are coming to Bryson City from Oct. 6 through Oct. 20.
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HART to present musical
The Haywood Arts Regional Theater will stage the musical “The Light in the Piazza” Oct. 5 through Oct. 21 at…
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‘Smoke on the Mountain’ stages in Franklin
The Overlook Theatre Company will present “Smoke on the Mountain: A Rip-Roaring Musical Comedy Revival” at 7:30 p.m. throughout the…
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The Bee Gees tribute band comes to Franklin
Stayin’ Alive Canada, the world’s number one tribute to The Bee Gees, will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct.…
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‘Beethoven Project' to perform
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform all 10 Beethoven violin sonatas during a series of five concerts this fall and…
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Sacred Music Songfest coming to Franklin
“Hymns We Know By Heart,” a sacred music songfest, will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 30 on Franklin’s Town…
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WCU presents ‘British Invasion’
Western Carolina University School of Music will present “British Invasion,” an evening of 20th century music for clarinet and piano,…
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Celebrate Oktoberfest in Waynesville
Celebrate Oktoberfest with the Haywood County Arts Council from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 on the patio at the Classic Wineseller…
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Mountain Heritage Day returns to Cullowhee
Mountain Heritage Day gets under way Sept. 29 at Western Carolina University with a variety of arts and crafts, music,…
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Cruisin’ show coming to Franklin
The “Cruisin’ in the Mountains” car, truck and bike show will be held Oct. 5 and 6 at Southwestern Community…
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Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival is Oct. 5-7
The Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival will include everything from concerts to crafts during its three-day run Oct. 5-7. The Lovin’…
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Cherokee Indian Fair turns 100
The Cherokee Indian Fair will mark its 100th year Oct. 2-6 with a five-day celebration of great music and traditional…
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Rooted in the Mountains to be held at WCU
The Rooted in the Mountains symposium — designed to raise awareness of the intersection of health, language, environmental and indigenous…
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Georgia historian to deliver talk at WCU
A historian and author from the University of Georgia who specializes in Native American history will speak at 7 p.m.,…
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Skate Jam rolls into Cherokee
The inaugural “SK8 Jam” will take place at noon Oct. 6 on the SK8 Park in Cherokee, with registration available…
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Flying Cat Studio celebrates a decade
Professional potters Susan Phillips and Velda Davis will hold a special kiln opening and pottery sale from 10 a.m. to…
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Art/craft exhibition opens in Highlands
“American Craft Today” opened on Sept. 22 and will run through Dec. 29 in the Bunzl Gallery at The Bascom…
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Demonstrations at Dogwood Crafters
Craft demonstrations at Dogwood Crafters in Dillsboro this week include Susie Ray, Susan Lingg, Claudia Lampley and Mary Ethel Prater.…
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Call for art/writing submissions
Daydreamz Project is partnering with several local entities to display artistic expressions that promote healing of domestic violence, sexual assault…
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Kephart play comes to Bryson City
Western North Carolina writer Gary Carden will present his play “Outlander” at 7 p.m., Sept. 25, at the Swain County…
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Mainstage season kicks off with ‘Pump Boys’
The musical “Pump Boys and Dinettes” will start off the 2012-13 mainstage season, presented by the students and faculty of…
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Library to host community jam
Bryson City will host a community music jam from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Marianna Black Library. Anyone with…
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Concerts to hit Franklin
“Rock the Square,” a vintage rock concert and street dance, will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 on the…
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Darryl Worley to perform in Franklin
Acclaimed country artist Darryl Worley will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing…
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WCU presents faculty brass recital
Western Carolina University’s School of Music will present a free faculty brass recital at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 in the…
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Youth arts festival to be held in Dillsboro
The fifth annual Youth Arts Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the…
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Smithsonian exhibit opens at WCU
“Journey Stories,” an exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, will be on display at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center from…
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Colorfest coming to Dillsboro Oct. 6
More than 30 artisans will demonstrate their craft at the upcoming Colorfest: Art & Taste of Appalachia from 10 a.m.…
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Kennel club to hold agility trial
The Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association, an area kennel club, will host a three-day AKC Dog Agility Trial in the…
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Demonstrations at Dogwood Crafters
Craft demonstrations at Dogwood Crafters in Dillsboro this week include Anthony Cariveau, Linda Parrish, Jeri Buek and Joyce Lantz. • …
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Cornhole tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters
Headwaters Brewing Company will host a Cornhole Tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Haywood County from 2-4:30 p.m.…
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Canton to host BBQ and bluegrass festival
The second annual Smokin’ BBQ and Bluegrass Festival will take place at 10 a.m. Sept. 29 at the Cold Mountain…
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Funny guise: Comedy group finds footing in Waynesville
What could’ve been a lifelong haunting moment for most turned out to be an epiphany for Josh Merrell. “I farted…
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No shortage of critics as Kephart play comes home
For a man who has just won the North Carolina Literature Award, writer Gary Carden is quite somber. At his…
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Festival honors Appalachian heritage, national park history Sept. 15
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will celebrate Appalachian folkways at its annual Mountain Life Festival from 10 a.m. to 4…
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