Cherokee bat box giveaway

Bats play a critical role in the natural world and deserve our respect and protection. Each of these winged eating machines can consume up to 1,000 mosquito-sized insects in just one hour.  There are many things you can do to help bat populations including reporting...

Nantahala School for the Arts Open House

March 7 from 4-7pm at SCC’s Swain Center in Bryson City.  The studios will be open, with faculty and staff available for tours or to answer questions.  The Nantahala School for the Arts offers an Associate in Fine Arts degree as well as Heritage Arts certificate...

It’s Plowing Time Again!

Do you need your garden plowed?  Plowing will begin on March 25 and continue through May 31.  Plowing is free to all senior citizens and persons with disabilities that are EBCI tribal members.  All others must pay $50 per garden space, and the fee must be paid prior...

Free Lecture Series at Sequoyah Birthplace Museum

  The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, located just off Highway 411 on Highway 360 in Vonore, is the state’s only tribally-owned historical site.  It was built to honor the Cherokee Sequoyah, who in 1821 created a Syllabary, or way of reading and writing the Cherokee...