January 2009

SLIDESHOW SPOTLIGHT: "Corn"

8 - Old Time Music and Bluegrass Jam: "The Stuart Brothers" Concert followed by open jam.  Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Free Admission / Tickets are not required

19 - The Mountain Heritage Center will be closed in accordance with the university's Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

February

SLIDESHOW SPOTLIGHT: “New Threads in Old Patterns”

5 - Old Time Music and Bluegrass Jam:  "Vance Trull" Concert followed by open jam.  Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Free Admission / Tickets are not required

25 – Appalachian Lunchtime Series: “Oral Interviews As Theater Productions” with Gary Carden.  Gary Carden talks about oral interviews being turned into theater productions.                                                         Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium 12:20 – 1:10 p.m.

March

SLIDESHOW SPOTLIGHT:  "After the War"

5 - Old Time Music and Bluegrass Jam: "Ken Bloom" Concert followed by open jam.  Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Free Admission / Tickets are not required.

25 - Appalachian Lunchtime Series: "Excavating Mother Land: Poetry of the Garden's Healing Landscape" with Linda Parsons Marion.  Mountain Heritage Center 12:20 - 1:10 p.m.

A brief description of program offerings:

Arti-Facts! is a cultural arts program for kids that links old-time traditions of the past to the present.

Appalachian Lunchtime Series programs are offered three times a semester at the noon hour. Bring your own lunch and enjoy a pleasant hour learning more about Appalachian people and places. Co-sponsored by Ron Rash, Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Cultural Studies.

Folklife Series programs are offered during fall and spring semesters. Public presentations emphasize Appalachian themes of people and places. Co-sponsored by Dr. Ted Coyle, Department of Anthropology and Sociology and the Office of the Provost. 

Crafts at the Center is a series of demonstrations and hands-on activities by regional artists.

Old Time Music and Bluegrass Jams. Musicians get together monthly to share tunes and toe tapping steps. Musical jams are held November through March on the first Thursdays in the Mountain Heritage Center auditorium.

Nature's Tracks is a natural history series for families.