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Mountain Legacies: Exploring Appalachian Culture

Transylvania Heritage Museum 189 West Main Street, Brevard

The Transylvania Heritage Museum's new exhibit, Mountain Legacies: Exploring Appalachian Culture, is now on display. This exhibit shows how early settlers made their way into the Appalachian Mountains and made […]

Away From Home

Mountain Heritage Center Hunter Library, 176 Central Drive, WCU, Cullowhee

Beginning in the 1870s, the US government attempted to educate and assimilate American Indians into “civilized” society by placing children—of all ages, from thousands of homes and hundreds of diverse […]

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian Presents: Disruption Exhibit

Museum of the Cherokee People 598 Tsali Blvd., NC, Cherokee

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI) opens Disruption, an art intervention of the Museum’s permanent exhibition. Featuring works by 36 enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians […]

Our Mountain Music Traditions

Haywood Handmade Gallery 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville

Art after Dark at the Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) on Friday October 7 starting at 6pm will be all about music. It’s Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Festival month for the […]

Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands: Fall Edition

Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville 87 Haywood Street, Asheville

In its 75th year, the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands returns to downtown Asheville’s Harrah’s Cherokee Center. Filling both the concourse and arena levels of the venue, makers exhibit […]

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2022 Harvest Festival

Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center 121 Schoolhouse Road, Stecoah

On the third weekend of every October this event begins with a free Friday evening campfire to roast marshmallows, and storytelling. Hot dogs, hot cocoa and soft drinks for sale. The […]

Valle Country Fair

Valle Crucis Conference Center NC Highway 194 across from Holy Cross Church (122 Skiles Way, Banner Elk, NC 28604) & the Valle Crucis Conference Center, Valle Crucis

An overgrown church bazaar set in a picturesque North Carolina mountain valley during the peak of the fall color season. The gathering is an authentic harvest-season community celebration that revolves […]

Farm Fun Day at Historic Johnson Farm

Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road , Hendersonville

Historic Johnson Farm will be hosting a Farm Fun Day on Saturday, October 15 from 1-5 PM. This family-friendly event will entertain people of all ages. Admission to the event […]

Dance Night in Fines Creek with Running Wolfe and the Renegades

Fines Creek Community Center Fines Creek Road, Clyde

Dance Night in Fines Creek with Running Wolfe and the Renegades. Traditional country and rock, clogging, line dancing, two-step, swing, mountain dancing 100% of proceeds go to FCCA in supporting […]

Storytelling at the Vance Birthplace

Vance Birthplace State Historic Site 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville

This October, we're bringing you another evening of storytelling with Dr. Delanna Reed. Dr. Reed, a member of the Jonesborough Storytellers Guild, is a professor with the Department of Communication […]

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