Category: Community Event

Mountain Memories No. 1: A Hazelwood Gathering

When: Saturday, November 16, 2019 doors open at 6pmWhere: Historic Hazelwood School, Home of the Folkmoot Friendship Center, 112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville, NC Sharing Southern Appalachian culture through stories and song. Event includes history and educational displays. Light eats and drinks included, cash bar available. Hosted by  Bob Plott author, 

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Haywood Ramblings Speaker Series

The Town of Waynesville Historic Preservation Commission is presenting a series of talks focused on local history. The meeting location is at the Town Hall board room, 9 South Main Street, Waynesville, NC. Upcoming 2018 talks include: April 5, Thursday, – History of the Sloan, Springfield and Love Families by

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Cataloochee Revisited: Bus Tour with Author Wayne Caldwell

This community event is available through the WNC Historical Association. From the WNCHA newsletter: Cataloochee Revisited: Bus Tour with Author Wayne Caldwell Registration Opens May 1, 2017 Please join award-winning local author Wayne Caldwell on Saturday, August 5, 2017, for a day trip to the Cataloochee Valley Historic Area. Caldwell

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AFTER COAL: THE FUTURE OF APPALACHIA AND WALES

AFTER COAL: THE FUTURE OF APPALACHIA AND WALES SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017 at 2:00PM at the Reuter Center on the campus of UNC Asheville Presented by Pat Beaver, PhD, Professor Emeritus, and Tom Hansell, filmmaker, of Appalachian State University After viewing Tom Hansell’s 50-minute documentary, After Coal, Dr. Beaver will explore the difficult journey by families attempting to build a new

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