Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum
Exhibition Celebration: Unearthing Our Forgotten Past, Fort San Juan
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesThe new exhibition on display in MHU’s Rural Heritage Museum (on loan from the Exploring Joara Foundation) chronicles the Spanish incursion into the area of present-day Burke County. Archaeologists have identified the site as the location of the Native American town of Joara, one of the largest Native American towns in western North Carolina, occupied […]
The Unseen Scene: Writing the Body into Place, An Evening with author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesThe Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, in partnership with the Indigenous Student Association and the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, presents: The Unseen Scene: Writing the Body into Place, An Evening with author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle This event will be held on Zoom and in-person in Day Hall 303 (simultaneously). Zoom link will be sent out via […]
Love & Light: The Blackalachian on the Trail
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesThe Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, the Black Student Association (BSA), and the Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in partnership with Outdoor Recreation Center (Office of Campus Engagement and Leadership) and the Environmental Studies Program, present: Love & Light: The Blackalachian on the Trail. This event will be held on Zoom and in-person in Belk Auditorium (simultaneously). Zoom link will […]
Music of the North Carolina Textile Mill
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesIn this presentation, Saro Lynch-Thomason will present and discuss the music produced by textile mill workers in the heyday of North Carolina's textile industry. In the early decades of the 20th century, numerous New England fabric companies moved their plants to the American South, with North Carolina swiftly becoming host to dozens of new textile […]
Bascom Lamar Lunsford “Minstrel of Appalachia”
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesThe Lunsford Festival is an all-day festival celebrating regional music and dance traditions. The event is the second oldest folk festival in Western North Carolina and was named in honor of cofounder Bascom Lamar Lunsford. Lunsford was a musician and folklorist who dedicated his life to collecting and promoting the music of the Southern Appalachians. […]
Fiddlin’ 5k
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesOne of Madison County's favorite 5k's is back! Come enjoy a taste of Madison County in Mars Hill, NC where runners will embark on a music-filled 5k. Fiddlers and folk musicians are scattered along the 3.1 mile course and will put a smile on your face as you enjoy the beauty of our Appalachian mountains. […]
Reel Appalachia: After Coal Film Screening
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for an evening with award-winning filmmaker and artist Tom Hansell, director of After Coal (2016) and author of the brand new book After Coal: Stories of Survival in Appalachia and Wales (West Virginia University Press, 2018). The documentary will be screened and will be followed by a discussion and book talk with Hansell. What happens when […]
Fright Night: Appalachian Ghost Stories
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesJoin storyteller and musician Jim Lloyd for a campfire, s’mores, and some spine-tingling mountain tales! A multi-instrumentalist best known for his banjo and guitar work, Jim Lloyd’s musical roots extend back through at least four generations of fiddlers, guitar players, dancers and singers from the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. Lloyd is a barber, […]
Heritage Garden Harvest Celebration
Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United StatesThanks to guidance from community members; the work of Mars Hill University Students, Staff, and Faculty; and a good balance between rain and sun, the Mars Hill University Heritage Garden's first year was successful. Please join us for the celebration of this good start! The celebration will take place in the pavilion behind Broyhill Chapel. […]
