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During my formal introduction to Vince Herman, singer/guitarist for Leftover Salmon, he was driving a golf cart solo backstage at the inaugural Mile High Music Festival in 2008. Located at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado (right outside Denver), the festival property is well-known nowadays as the same place Phish hosts its annual Labor Day Weekend blowout. To preface,…
Hello from Jacksonville Beach, Florida. This is my third time here this year. Usually, I’m wandering and pondering through here in the spring. But, since it’s where my girlfriend, Rebecca, calls home, I continue to roll in, happily. First time in Florida in the depths of summer. Still hot, humid. Still soothing to the core […] The post This must be the place: ‘Way back in the early days, when we…
1. Rising singer-songwriter Alexa Rose will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at Yonder Community Market in Franklin. 2. A special stage production of “The Savannah Sipping Society” will take place on select dates and times through Aug. 30 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. 3. Stecoah Valley Center (Robbinsville) will host […] The post Hot Picks appeared first on .
In the Introduction to her new book, “No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships and How We Can Repair Them” (Forum Books, September 8, 2026, 288 pages), cultural commentator, author and mother of six Noelle Mering writes, “If you are in the situation of having had to cut contact over an abusive […] The post Exploring family feuds and broken bonds appeared first on .
The “An Appalachian Evening” series will continue with a performance by Seth Mulder & Midnight Run at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, in Lynn L. Shields Auditorium at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville. Hailing from the Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run present a high-energy Americana/bluegrass show filled with nostalgic entertainment, tight harmonies and skillful…
Members of the public had the chance to tour the ruins of Canton’s out-of-commission paper mill last week for the first time since it shut down in 2023. The tour was organized by Haywood County Commission candidate Vicki Hyatt as part of a series of community events highlighting local points of interest. She advertised the tours in her newsletter and on social media and coordinated the mill tour…
To close out its ongoing 100th anniversary celebration, John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown will host an array of onsite activies. While the school is known for attracting craft teachers nationwide, its AHW features Western North Carolina artists. Potters Brant and Karen Barnes, for many years operating Riverwood Pottery, will be teaching “Wheel Throwing.” […] The post Folk School…
The annual Mountaintop Art & Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 29 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in downtown Highlands. The annual event is a two-day, two-weekend gathering that brings over 120 artisans from the region to Highlands with demonstrations, fine art, […] The post Mountaintop Art & Craft Show appeared first on .
Rising singer-songwriter Alexa Rose will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at Yonder Community Market in Franklin. Rose was born in the Alleghany Highlands of western Virginia and raised in the tiny railroad town of Clifton Forge. Though no one in her immediate family played or sang, she’s inherited a deep musical legacy with […] The post Yonder welcomes Alexa Rose appeared first on .
Kristin Entler will discuss their new poetry collection, “Of Water Never Ceasing,” with Andrew Mack at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. The collection explores life with chronic illness, treatment and survival, tracing how the body endures ongoing care and how daily life adapts to medical systems, fatigue and uncertainty. […] The post ‘Of Water Never Ceasing’ appeared…
