by Anthony Brown | Jan 5, 2012 | A&E
The Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA) will be featuring an exhibition of photographs in OICA Gallery during the month of January by author Anna Fariello. The photographs explore four different native cultures including the Maya, the Kuna, the Emberá...
by Anthony Brown | Dec 15, 2011 | A&E
REVIEW By CHRIS SUNAMI Multi-talented multi-hyphenate Honey Dawn Karima, of Cherokee, takes her lovely voice in some bold and unexpected new directions on her sophomore release as a recording artist, The Desire of Nations. A dramatic departure from the...
by Anthony Brown | Dec 15, 2011 | A&E
Country music star Sara Evans will play the Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7:30pm. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, Dec. 16 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com or (800) 745-3000. Must be 21 years of age or older to attend....
by Anthony Brown | Nov 14, 2011 | A&E, Happenings
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...
by Anthony Brown | Nov 9, 2011 | A&E, Front Page
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...
by Anthony Brown | Nov 8, 2011 | A&E, Front Page
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...