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By Stina Sieg - May 16I know Disney claims to be the “happiest place on earth,” and maybe that’s true for some, but I’ve never had as full an experience at its “World” ...
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Main Street 'Block Party' is May 26
May 14The Downtown Waynesville Block Party on Main Street will start at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 26. There will be live bands, dancing, refreshments and ...
Groovy Movie Club to meet Friday
May 14The Groovy Movie Club — Haywood County's long-running group of local cinefiles — is meeting again this Friday night when they screen "Albert ...
Mill to host 'Cars and Cornmeal'
May 13This year the Francis Grist Mill is 125 years old, and since May is National Preservation Month the landmark's friends are having a celebration. ...
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Noon concerts continue Thursday
May 13The Grace Noon Concert Series will continue this Thursday, May 17, at Grace Church in the Mountains in Waynesville with "The Voice, The String and ...
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'Bike to Work' this Friday
May 13The Waynesville Police Department, Smoky Mountain Café, Best Buy and BicycleHaywoodNC, a chapter of Blue Ridge Bicycle Club, will sponsor the ...
Community band season starts May 20
May 10The Haywood Community Band is gearing up for its 10th season of free concerts the third Sunday of each month, May through October. The Maggie ...
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Celebrate children's books Saturday
May 10This year, Children’s Book Week events will be hosted in more than 40 cities across the country. Children’s Book Week is the longest running ...
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a 'JAM' for musical heritage
May 08CLYDE — Join the Haywood County Arts Council for a fun-filled evening of barbecue and old-time music on Saturday, May 19. The event is a “FUN” ...
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Hear 'Singers and Ringers'
May 08The Haywood County Arts Council is pleased to present a concert of "Singers and Ringers" at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the Waynesville Public ...
NC photographers on display at Gallery 86
May 07The Haywood County Arts Council's latest exhibit, “Through the Lens: WNC Photographers,” continues through Monday, May 28. The show includes work ...
Music for 'Moms'
By Stina Sieg - May 06The first-ever Moms Music Festival filled the Herren House's grounds Sunday afternoon. The day of music, children's activities, food and all ...
Stina's picks
May 06There are plenty of great local things happening this weekend, but I’ve got to be honest that I probably won’t attend a one of ‘em. For the next ...
Hike explores Hemphill Bald, Cataloochee Ranch May 17
May 04On Thursday, May 17, hikers can turn back time to the cool spring breezes of years gone by with a guided hike to the high-elevation, history-rich ...
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Calling all friends of fiber
May 03ASHEVILLE — Join the Folk Art Center May 12 and 13 for a celebration of textile arts. Throughout the weekend, craftspeople will be sharing their ...
WCU announces summer theater camp
May 03Young people with an interest in the stage can explore the world of theater this summer during a weeklong camp hosted by Western Carolina Universit...
See 'Chrysalis' at ACT
May 03Bay Area performer Evangeline Crittenden will bring her one-woman show "Chrysalis: A Solo Tragicomedy in One Act" to Asheville Community Theater's ...
Smokies guided wildflower photography hike is May 15
May 03The Friends of the Smokies will host a guided photography hike Tuesday, May 15, with professional nature photographer and teacher Don McGowan ...
River Arts District to host twice-annual 'Stroll'
May 01ASHEVILLE — Get ready for the Studio Stroll™, the River Arts District twice-annual tour of working studios and galleries of the River Arts ...
MOMS Music Festival to be Sunday
By Stina Sieg - Apr 30We are officially in the season of festivals, a time when just about everything gets its own special celebration. From spring to ramps, old ...
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By Stina Sieg - Apr 30I know that talking about the weather can be limited, predictable and boring, but with temps as schizophrenic as ours have been, I can’t help it. ...
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By Stina Sieg - Apr 26Sometimes it’s just nice to get out. I was thinking that last weekend, as I ambled through PlottFest and later Taste of Chocolate both in Maggie. ...
QuickDraw is art in action
By Stina Sieg - Apr 26QuickDraw veteran Grace Cathey has a few recommendations for anyone taking the annual art-in-an-hour challenge. Copious supplies, a clear plan of ...
PlottFest celebrates Haywood hounds
By Stina Sieg - Apr 19MAGGIE VALLEY — Not many dog breeds get their own festival around here. Then again, not many are called the “ninja warrior of dogdom” by famous ...
Waylon Christner: a colorful character
By Stina Sieg - Apr 19If you’ve ever seen one of Waylon Christner’s paintings — and you probably have — chances are you were struck by two things: its vibrant colors ...
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By Stina Sieg - Apr 19On Sunday, as I dropped my brother off at Max Patch for a little Appalachian Trail wandering, I felt the warmth of the air on my skin and saw the ...
Buddy's back
By Stina Sieg - Apr 08Beloved bluegrass player Buddy Melton performed for a packed house Saturday night during the final show in Balsam Range’s Winter Concert Series. ...
Rash debuts newest novel
Apr 08As with all talented artists, there’s a tendency to put good writers on a pedestal. It makes sense, as they seem to make magic, creating new ...
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By Stina Sieg - Apr 08Just when I was thinking things were feeling a little slow around here, last Saturday shook me awake. In the morning, I was treated to one of the ...
Easter with the Elks
Apr 02Last Saturday, Waynesville's Elks Lodge #1769 celebrated Easter early with an afternoon of egg hunts, ballon-animal making and a visit by the ...
Balsam Range wraps up concert series
By Stina Sieg - Apr 02CANTON — With Easter right around the corner and Buddy Melton still on the mend, it seems only right that this Saturday’s Balsam Range concert ...
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By Stina Sieg - Apr 02Four years or so ago, I remember seeing a bumper sticker that read, “My Grass is Blue.” I admit it took me several minutes to get it, which would ...
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By Stina Sieg - Mar 29What kind of person cuts out of work an hour early just to see a flick aimed at teenagers? I guess that would be me. Last Friday, I played hooky ...
Music that fits
By Mary Ann Enloe - Mar 25I’m a bluegrass groupie. That would come as a big surprise to my long-ago music professors at Brevard College who saw to it that I was on good ...
It's country time at Pisgah
By Stina Sieg - Mar 25CANTON — Hold onto your hats, folks. A stampede of singing cowboys (and girls) is coming your way. It’s the tail end of March, which means the ...
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By Stina Sieg - Mar 19I think it’s a cosmic joke that one of the best changes of the year is also one of the roughest. It’s been just over a week since the time change, ...
Mélange a night of foodie fun
Mar 19Every spring, people around here hunger for a certain competition of skill, endurance and grace. These fans are often fiercely devoted to one team ...
Jonathan Martin makes music that matters
By Stina Sieg - Mar 05Like many musicians who exist outside the confines of pop radio, Jonathan Martin doesn’t like to pigeon hole his sound. The singer-songwriter’s ...
Tuscola Country/Western Show celebrates 30 years
By Stina Sieg - Mar 05So many things that started in the 1980s are long gone, from leg warmers to flattops to “The Golden Girls.” But not the Tuscola High School ...
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By Stina Sieg - Mar 05How on earth did we slip into March? Before we know it, we will be inundated with festivals and shows and sports that actually take place outside ...
Balsam Range backstage
By Stina Sieg - Mar 04Local music fans got to meet the men behind some of country music's greatest hits on Saturday during the second-to-last Balsam Range Winter ...
Fundraiser to fill many 'Empty Bowls'
By Stina Sieg - Feb 27This Saturday, the Open Door will get one of its biggest financial boosts of the year, one bowl of soup at a time. “The Empty Bowl Dinner,” now in ...
'Pillowman' is pitch-dark
By Stina Sieg - Feb 23HART is a great place for feel-good comedies, musical romps and plays for the whole family. Just not this weekend. “The Pillowman,” opening Friday ...
A word from Dr. Gupta
Feb 20Editor’s note: This is part of a series on Canton resident Rick Morris, who was recently chosen to participate in the 2012 CNN Fit Nation Triathlon...
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By Stina Sieg - Feb 20I love how, just when we think we’re getting a handle on what this winter is all about, it laughs (well, snows and rains) in our faces. Being from ...
Why I make art
By Kim Ross - Feb 08Being born and raised in the tiny town of Snowflake, situated in southwest Virginia, I enjoyed playing in the orange clay mud in my backyard. At ...
'Collected Stories' tells a tale of two women
By Stina Sieg - Feb 08“Collected Stories,” the newest addition to this winter’s crop of Feichter Studio plays, is about the relationship between two women. In other ...
'Land's End' lands second week at HART
Feb 02“Land’s End and Beyond,” a collection of monologues and a mini-play by Western North Carolina author Gary Carden, is coming back for seconds. The ...
Concert series to feature the Harris Brothers
By Stina Sieg - Feb 01Music is Reggie Harris’ life, but he’s not about to brag on himself or his brother, Ryan. Together, they’re the Harris Brothers, a Lenoir-based ...
Meet John Darnielle
By Stina Sieg - Jan 30There’s something raw and deliciously invigorating about The Mountain Goats and frontman John Darnielle. His songs can be moody, angsty or kind of ...
HART to feature Gary Carden stories
By Stina Sieg - Jan 23There are no fancy sets, expensive costumes or elaborate dance numbers in director Tom Dewees’ newest show — and that’s all by design. Like the ...
Fundraiser to benefit Sharon Rathbone
By Stina Sieg - Jan 23Sharon Queen Rathbone is fighting for her life, and she needs the whole county in her corner. Since the now 47-year-old Haywood native was ...
Painting the 'Faces of Waynesville'
By Stina Sieg - Jan 16Painter Char Avrunin enjoys Waynesville’s quaint collection of shops, historic buildings and eateries as much as anyone, but she also knows that ...
Into the mind of a muralist
By Stina Sieg - Jan 09For Laurel Tewes, creating art isn’t just a job or a hobby or a passion. It’s who she is. “It is in my DNA,” said the Canton resident, who ...
A year of entertainment in pictures
By Stina Sieg - Dec 29Here are a few favorite photos from Haywood County's most beloved events.
A creative year in review
By Stina Sieg - Dec 29Haywood County is made up of old-timers and newcomers, retirees and young families, just to name a few groups. While it may seem this rich cross ...
Cataloochee's 51st season in full swing
By Stina Sieg - Dec 15hen Tom Alexander founded Cataloochee Ski Area in 1961, he wasn’t out to create a flashy, exclusive resort. Instead, he was looking to give his ...
Skaggs Family Christmas makes local stop
By Stina Sieg - Dec 14As Sharon White Skaggs talked about “A Skaggs Family Christmas,” her voice fluctuated from joyful to extremely sad. This season, the nine-year-old ...
Beirut makes sound synergy
By Will Byers - Dec 14The steadily evolving yet ever-consistent Beirut arrived in Asheville to grace The Orange Peel on Monday, Dec. 5, with their opener, the Seattle-ba...
It's 'Appalachian Christmas' time
By Stina Sieg - Dec 08This Saturday night, an audience at Lake Junaluska will get an early Christmas gift in the form of mountain music star David Holt. Hopefully, the ...
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Time again for 'A Night Before Christmas'
By Stina Sieg - Dec 07For one holiday evening every year, Waynesville makes the season bright, literally. A Night Before Christmas, coming to town this Saturday, is a ...
Last Art After Dark of 2011
By Stina Sieg - Dec 04Hundreds of people strolled through Waynesville's Main Street and historic Frog Level Friday night during the last Art After Dark of 2011. The ...
Haywood County Christmas parades: a guide
By Stina Sieg - Nov 29Even the most jaded Grinches among us have to agree that there’s something special about a small-town Christmas parade. Maybe it’s the lights, the ...
Balsam Range Winter Concert Series starts up again
By Stina Sieg - Nov 27A little more than a year ago, Tim Surrett and the rest of Balsam Range were hoping for the best. The premier concert of the first-ever monthly ...
Sam Roberts to play Asheville
Nov 18Watching Canadian rocker Sam Roberts live on stage is something. There’s an energy, an urgency that lets you know this guy is giving it his all. ...
Clelia Hand: a life lived artistically
By Stina Sieg - Nov 18Nothing brings a wider selection of art and artists to the Haywood County Arts Council’s small works show. Every year, it includes work from ...
McKayla Reece to honor vets in song
By Stina Sieg - Nov 16When McKayla Reece sings one of her favorite country or gospel tunes, she sounds every bit like an adult, an adult with an incredible voice. When ...
'Ah, Wilderness' a family jewel
By Mary Ann Enloe - Nov 14Author Eugene O'Neill's pretend family in "Ah, Wilderness" is, on the surface, a turn-of-the-century "Ozzie and Harriet." But don't expect to see ...
Travels in Vietnam, Part III
By Stina Sieg - Nov 13Something happens to time the last few days of any trip I’m on. As the end nears, the future and the present start to blend and while I do try to ...
Don’t fall back
By Paul Viau - Nov 10I apologize for getting a bit off track with my last column. At the suggestion of my part-time mail carrier and full-time fitness advisor, Bud ...
'Ah, Wilderness!' showcases big, happy family
By Stina Sieg - Nov 10There are few dramatic themes more prevalent right now than the dysfunctional family. Bickering, unhappy parents and their sarcastic, forlorn ...
Travels in Vietnam, Part II
By Stina Sieg - Nov 10Every trip I’ve ever taken has had the kind of complications that are so improbable that, when later recalling to friends, they sound like unfunny ...
The real rub with air travel
By Paul Viau - Nov 03I am an infrequent traveler, and the airlines and the TSA are making me less of a fan. Now, I don’t mind most pre-travel procedures. Men are ...
Brooks Yeomans talks art
Nov 03Brooks Yeomans, 54, is the kind of successful painter artists aspire to be. His colorful, multi-layered pieces come from his photographic memory ...
Holy Smoke! It’s that time of year again
By Paul Viau - Oct 27I came home today to smoke rising from several leaf piles in my neighborhood. Though I’m not much of a burner, I sure love the smell of torched ...
A look back at Canton’s history sparks memories, wishes
By Keri Hill - Oct 20Recently, through all the glory that Facebook offers, I joined a group called “Remember Canton When…” As a lifelong resident of Canton, and a ...
Charles Frazier discusses his new book
By Stina Sieg - Oct 12A few afternoons ago in Asheville, author Charles Frazier was surrounded by the low-key bustle of a small coffee shop and smiling as he described ...
Moogfest offers three-day music smorgasbord
Oct 04Moogfest, the annual festival celebrating the vision of sonic pioneer Bob Moog an happening Oct. 28-30 in Asheville, is right around the corner. ...
‘Haywood’s Got Talent’ winners announced
Sep 29The Haywood Arts Regional Theater’s first region-wide talent show finals played to a standing room-only audience Friday night with 14 show-stopping...
A 'Spelling Bee' for everyone
By Stina Sieg - Sep 29"Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes...” — Steve JobsAnyone who has been a ...
A sweet sorghum soiree
By Stina Sieg - Sep 25For more than 20 years, Canton local and Haywood Community College instructor David Burnette has been hosting sweet sorghum-making parties at his ...
'Haywood's Got Talent' heads into finals
By Stina Sieg - Sep 21Haywood County is no New York City, Los Angeles or Nashville. And many, maybe most, who live here are thankful for it. But there’s no question ...
Learn all about the 'C-Word'
By Stina Sieg - Sep 19It has been a decade since local actress Barbara Bates Smith first stepped in front of an audience and opened up about her experience with cancer. ...
Dedication keeps Haywood Community Band playing
By Stina Sieg - Sep 15Walking into one of the Haywood Community Band’s rehearsals, it’s impossible not to notice the welcoming feel in the air. The room in the local ...
Music at the Mill a smashing success
By Stina Sieg - Sep 10On Saturday, lovers of bluegrass and barbecue filled the lawn in front of the historic Francis Mill during Music at the Mill. A larger-than-normal ...
Thunder in the Smokies goes country
By Stina Sieg - Sep 09As bikers come together this weekend in Maggie Valley, they can expect what they’ve come to enjoy about Thunder in the Smokies Motorcycle Rally ...
Smoky Mountain Folk Festival celebrates 41st year
By Stina Sieg - Sep 04Lake Junaluska's Stuart Auditorium was alive with the sounds of mountain music makers, cloggers and ecstatic applause Friday and Saturday nights. ...
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'Gypsy: A Musical Fable'
By Stina Sieg - Jul 19When director Steve Lloyd says that “Gypsy: A Musical Fable” pulls out all the stops, believe it. The classic Broadway musical, which happens to ...
Pickin' on Canton
By Stina Sieg - Jul 18Last Friday night, the Canton Rec Park didn’t look like itself. Despite the rain that had ended only a few minutes before, the place resembled the ...
