Native Artist meet and greet to follow Concert

By EUGENIA L. JOHNSON        Fiddler Alan Jabbour and banjoist Ken Perlman will present a concert of Appalachian tunes on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7pm at Swain County Center for the Arts in Bryson City, NC.  Immediately following the one-hour concert there will be a...

Documentary tells story of Blue Ridge Parkway

                Documentary filmmaker Bruce Bowers and Bowers Media Group, Inc. have finished a film entitled The Blue Ridge Parkway: A long & Winding Road.  Many books have been published about the Parkway, but Bowers’ historical documentary is first to break...

OICA Letterpress Work on Display at SCC

     In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the students of the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts Printmaking class have a selection of their class projects using the Cherokee Language on display in the Balsam Building Lobby at Southwestern Community...

WCU, OICA announce Poster Contest Winners

     For the upcoming Native American Expo, scheduled for Nov. 7-9 at Western Carolina University, WCU’s Sequoyah Distinguished Professor, Cherokee Studies Program and the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts at Southwestern Community College sponsored a...

Pendergraft recognized for role of ‘Alice’

SUBMITTED By SHAN GOSHORN               TULSA, Okla. – Neosha Pendergraft, an EBCI tribal member, received an annual Rubye Award from Encore! Theatre Production Company in Tulsa, Okla. on Sunday, Sept. 25.  She won the prestigious award, voted on by patrons, in...