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Students to perform new play at HART
Students from Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville will perform the play “Applaching” at 7:30 p.m., April 20, at the…
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Festival celebrates trout, Plott hounds
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds will host a combination of the Great Smoky Mountain Trout & Heritage Festival and PlottFest this…
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Gaither Vocal Band to perform April 29
Multi-Grammy and Dove award winning recording artist Bill Gaither will perform with his Gaither Vocal Band at 3:30 p.m., April…
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The Drifters and The Crystals to perform
Bill Pinkney’s Original Drifters and The Crystals will take the stage at The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts…
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Quaternity trombone group to visit WCU
The acclaimed trombone ensemble Quaternity will visit Western Carolina University for a day of master classes followed by a public…
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Live music at the Jackson library
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will host live bluegrass and gospel music provided by local band Joshua’s Tree…
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‘That Mancini Magic’ to arrive at WCU April 29
“That Mancini Magic,” the final installment of Western Carolina University’s 2011-12 Galaxy of Stars Series, will stage at 3 p.m.…
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Signature Winds to perform in Waynesville
The Grace Church Episcopal in Waynesville will host a noon concert by Signature Winds on April 19. Signature Winds was formed…
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Three teachers awarded Learning Links grants to further arts education
Three Jackson County teachers — Jennifer Dall at Smokey Mountain Elementary, Kansas Heiskell at the HUB, and Gayle Woody at…
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Haywood’s Birding for the Arts benefit set for April 28
The Haywood County Arts Council will host its annual “Birding for the Arts” event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
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HCC to offer program on marketing for artists
The Small Business Center of Haywood Community College will offer a free seminar, entitled “Marketing for the Craftsperson & Artist…Part…
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Spring Choral Concert to be presented April 19
The voices of two Western Carolina University choirs – the University Chorus and the Concert Choir – will be featured…
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WCU community to compete in ‘Dancing with the Catamounts’
Western Carolina University dance students matched with faculty and staff members will compete in a “Dancing with the Stars”-style event…
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Children’s weaving class at Sylva library
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will host weaver Susan Leveille of The Oaks Gallery in Dillsboro for a children’s weaving…
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Celebrate Spring with Greening Up
The 15th annual Greening Up the Mountains festival will take place April 28 on Main and Mill streets in historic…
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Liars Bench to present ‘Hangman’
The Liars Bench will tell the story of the hanging of Jack Lambert and other murder/execution stories in “Hangman, hangman…
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Franklin High to hold auditions for student talent show
Franklin High School will hold auditions at noon, April 21, in its fine arts center, for home school and private…
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Ten, nine, eight … Quick Draw pushes artists to the wire in spectator event
Finnegans Wake took James Joyce 17 years to write, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel consumed four years of Michelangelo’s…
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Cherokee voters say ‘no’ to beer, wine and liquor sales
The Cherokee Reservation will remain dry, keeping in place the historic ban on alcohol sales, following Thursday’s election on the…
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WNC border may have been drawn “under the influence”
Editor’s note: This column first appeared in The Smoky Mountain News in April 2002. Have you ever looked at a…
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WCU community launches initiative to bring lily back
The memories and lore surrounding a white flower with six petals — once so common in the Cullowhee valley that…
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Get your garden off to a good start
A gardening basics 101 class for beginner gardeners or gardeners who are new to this region will take place from…
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Farmers markets open for season
Farmers markets in both Jackson and Haywood counties have opened for the regular growing season. The Jackson County Farmers Market…
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Wild and Scenic Film Festival screening at WCU
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival is coming from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at Western Carolina University.…
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Boaters suit up for Nantahala Open
The fun and free-spirited Nantahala Open will take place from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Nantahala…
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Flotilla of volunteers to hit the Tuck for annual clean-up day
The 28th annual Tuckasegee River Clean Up will be held on Saturday, April 21, and is looking for volunteers to…
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Kids can hook into a good time, and fishing opportunity
A free youth fishing clinic will be held on Saturday, April 21, as part of the 23rd-annual Great Smoky Mountain…
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Flotilla of volunteers to hit the Tuck for annual clean-up day
The 28th annual Tuckasegee River Clean Up will be held on Saturday, April 21, and is looking for volunteers to…
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The Macon Your Heart Beat
The Macon Your Heart Beat one-mile and 5K run/walk will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 14, on the…
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WCU to host back-to-back races
A pair of 5K races will be held at Western Carolina University in coming weeks to raise money to build…
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Race a duathalon for a good cause
The Mountain Madness duathalon in Franklin will be held starting at 9 a.m. April 28 along the Little Tennessee River.…
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Calling photographers for Land Trust of the Little Tennessee
If you think you’ve got a winning photograph, consider submitting it to the Land Trust For the Little Tennessee for…
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Volunteers needed to help plant trees in Bryson
An Arbor Day planting will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Island Park in downtown Bryson City.…
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A Conference of Birds
At Wild South’s recent “Green Tie Gala,” friend, writer, poet and publisher Thomas Rain Crowe, with a knowing wink, slipped…
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WNC Alliance: Three decades and still going strong
Just in time for its 30th anniversary, the Western North Carolina Alliance one of the region’s most august environmental organizations…
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Ron Rash to read from ‘The Cove’
Ron Rash will read from his new novel, The Cove, at 2 p.m., April 15 in the community room of the…
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Jenny Bennett to present new book ‘Murder at the Jumpoff’
Blue Ridge Books will host Jenny Bennett, author of Murder at the Jumpoff, at 3 p.m. on April 21. Bennett’s…
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Participate in World Book Night
City Lights Bookstore in Sylva is hosting an event at 6:30 p.m., April 17, for local volunteers the week before…
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Author Micheal Rivers to read from his new ghost novel
Micheal Rivers of Whittier will be at the Jackson County Public Library at 7 p.m. on April 17 to read…
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Homegrown poet spreads her wings
Rose McLarney grew up in rural Western North Carolina, where she continues to live on an old mountain farm. Daughter…
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Trayvon Martin just went too far
To the Editor: Norman Hoffman has his facts wrong about the Trayvon Martin shooting. Based on my experience, and…
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Jackson should join Franklin on this one
To the Editor: I write to urge the Jackson County commissioners to follow the lead of the Franklin Town Board…
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Franklin leaders say corporations not people
To the Editor: Kudos to the Franklin Board of Aldermen for unanimously passing a resolution calling on the North Carolina…
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Marty Jones does not deserve criticism
To the Editor: In a recent letter to the editor John Edwards attacks District 4 County Commissioner Candidate Marty Jones.…
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Let me explain how FreedomWorks works
To the Editor: My, that was quite a headline on Margery Abel’s letter appearing in the March 28 edition of…
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Cherokee voters should say no to alcohol
To the Editor: Ruin your life. Paralyze your mind. Impair your higher thinking. Make poor judgements imbalanced by intoxication due…
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The heart of America is just right of center
To the Editor: The President’s budget will “never” balance, or reduce spending, or reduce our borrowing. So, no one —…
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A few meaningful moments with the local wildlife
I heard a distinctive gobble gobble gobble one recent evening through the open windows and French doors of the cabin…
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Perk up New coffee shop opens in Waynesville
Coffee lovers and addicts have a new place in Waynesville to get their fix. Main Street Perks opened on Main…
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Sylva family bakery has a Cuban twist as stalwart Catamounts
With its obvious Cuban influences — the combination of guava and cream cheese, or even mango and cream cheese —…
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