Darius Rucker and ZZ Top to play Harrah’s Cherokee

by | Jul 11, 2017 | A&E

  Darius Rucker is scheduled to play Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Center on Friday, Sept. 22 at 9pm, and ZZ Top is set to play there on Friday, Oct. 6 at 9pm. Rucker, the former front man from the 90’s smash hit band, Hootie and the Blowfish,...

Art installation set up on Island

by | Jul 3, 2017 | A&E, COMMUNITY sgadugi

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Sometimes art is created and lasts millennia, and sometimes art is created and lasts momentarily.  The latter was the case on Saturday, July 1 as two artists, Jeff Marley and Frank Brannon, set up an installation...

Native American art exhibit receives NEA grant

by | Jun 27, 2017 | A&E

  The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a $25,000 grant in support of a contemporary Native American art exhibit scheduled for display at the Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum from Aug. 21 through Dec. 8. It is the first NEA grant awarded to...

Winners announced from WCU’s Judaculla Art Competition

by | May 25, 2017 | A&E

  CULLOWHEE – A 15- by 17-inch linoleum print created by an artist who grew up near Jackson County’s famed Cherokee petroglyph Judaculla Rock was declared the first-place winner in the recent Judaculla Art Competition sponsored by Western Carolina University’s...

Tribal member tells stories through rap

by | May 9, 2017 | A&E

    By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   There is a long-standing tradition of outstanding Cherokee storytellers.  That history is continuing on with the new generation, some of which are taking it to new places. Davis Grae Crowe, a 22-year-old EBCI...