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BOONE — Ping pong has an older brother — its name is “pickleball.”
WILKESBORO — The prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest announced the finalists that w…
The fifth annual Joy Prom, a free event for teens and adults with special needs, takes place…
WEST JEFFERSON — What really happened to the Taino Indians? Find out at the Friends of the Library monthly meeting, Wednesday, April 25, when educator and writer Dr. Lynne Guitar, a Taino specialist, presents at the Ashe Public Library.
BEECH MOUNTAIN — The Land of Oz — the Beec…
HICKORY — Lenoir-Rhyne University will wel…
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Every summer, An Appalachian Summer Festival takes young people from North Carolina’s High Country to places around the world through the magic of cinema. This summer, the Young People’s Global Film Series will highlight films from South America to the land down under. Children and high-scho…
On the political spectrum, Appalachian State University professor Joyce Wise Dodd and her former student Cissie Graham Lynch couldn’t be more different. But one thing they said they have in common is an ability to listen before judging.
BOONE — The community is invited to a join in the celebration of the 15th Aanniversary celebration of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University on May 4 from 6 p.m. to 10 pm. During the evening, popular local classic jazz band The Lucky Strikes will perform. Refr…
Two members of LIFE Village, president Jim Taylor and director of development Candace Lang, met with Boone Mayor Rennie Brantz to sign a proclamation declaring April 21 as “Autism After 21 Day” in Boone.
BOONE— On April 28, two teams of Boone students will be among more than 70 from throughout the state slated to compete in the Eighth Annual NC Gravity Games, a STEM-education racing extravaganza in downtown Lenoir sponsored by Google and Appalachian State University.
Wil B and Kev Marcus could have gone in various directions when young. Growing up in African-American neighborhoods, both were musically inclined, yet the instruments they wanted to learn in school were not of the classical music variety.
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On April 22 Boone UU Fellowship host its M…
BOONE — A large-scale print installation by April Flanders, associate professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Art, was recently purchased by an anonymous donor who has gifted it to the Asheville Museum of Science.
WILKESBORO — The Blue Ridge Artisan Center…
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