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MountainTrue Hurricane Recovery Panel & Discussion

MountainTrue Hurricane Recovery Panel and Discussion

North Carolina Arboretum 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville

Join MountainTrue and a panel of experts to discuss recovery in our area after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Panelists will address the impacts of natural disasters, what recovery means […]

From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard with Ola Belle Reed at Brandywine Mountain Music Convention, Concordville, PA, July 1974.

Mothers of Mountain Music: the Blue Ridge and Beyond

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane , Blowing Rock

Women are key figures in the history of Appalachia and its music. From the mothers of miners, pioneering women of bluegrass, and activists, the songs of women have long endured. […]

Cherokee Storyteller Nancy Pheasant

Nancy Pheasant: An Evening of Cherokee Storytelling

Weaverville Community Center 60 Lakeshore Dr, Weaverville

FREE to the general public. Nancy Pheasant, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation, currently resides in the Wolftown community of the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North […]

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We welcome submission of Western North Carolina events focused on our heritage themes of mountain music, crafts, foodways, outdoors and Cherokee culture. Please submit two weeks in advance.

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