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High Hopes for Hemp Cooperatives
Could hemp become a crop that can keep small farms in business? Many Ohio Valley farmers believe so but worry that the sort of corporate consolidation they’ve seen in other agriculture sectors will soon come to the new hemp industry. To address this fear and keep their operations viable, many of the region’s hemp...Read More ▶High Hopes for Hemp Cooperatives
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Mtn. News: Bookmobiles, Archives & More
In this episode we learn about the history of Letcher County’s Bookmobile. And, we’ll celebrate American Archives Month by listening back to an oral history interview from the Appalshop archives. Last, but not least from the Ohio Valley Resource, we’ll hear about pollution, climate change, and floods.Read More ▶Mtn. News: Bookmobiles, Archives & More
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Mtn. Talk: Racing to Preserve the Cherokee Language
In this episode we learn from Micah & Jakeli Swimmer. Micah & Jakeli are brothers, educators and enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. They grew up hearing their grandmother, Amanda Swimmer, speak the language. And as the last remaining fluent speakers age and pass away, Micah & Jakeli find themselves in an...Read More ▶Mtn. Talk: Racing to Preserve the Cherokee Language
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Woodbooger Legend Boosts Norton, VA Tourism
Tourists attracted to verdant mountain views, an abundance of nature and outdoor recreation opportunities, and a local legend are what city managers and others in Norton, VA are hoping will usher in the next chapter in the economic history of this region that has depended on coal mining for the past 100 years. Tourism...Read More ▶Woodbooger Legend Boosts Norton, VA Tourism
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Appalshop Turns 50
We were founded in the fall of 1969. This weekend, we officially launch our 50th anniversary year. We’re bringing back our founding generation for a reunion on Saturday. They’ll screen early work, see films by some of our youngest filmmakers, and give materials from their time at Appalshop to our professional archivists to preserve. They’ll eat lunch catered...Read More ▶Appalshop Turns 50
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Come to an AV Archiving Workshop at Appalshop
All are invited to a free, all-day Community Archiving Workshop on Thursday, September 12, to take place at Appalshop in Whitesburg, KY. This IMLS-funded event brings members of the community together with audiovisual archivists from the Southeast to learn the essentials of preserving film, videotape, and audiotape. Participants will gain hands-on experience by working...Read More ▶Come to an AV Archiving Workshop at Appalshop
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Appalshop unveils largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky
In the heart of the coalfields, Appalshop, Inc. unveiled the largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky with a ribbon cutting on June 7th. The project is a groundbreaking example of what’s possible in Appalachia, a region uniquely vulnerable to rising energy costs and political lobbying against renewable energy. With 192 panels incorporated...Read More ▶Appalshop unveils largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky
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Appalshop Celebrates 50 Years in New York & Boston | April 2019
DONATE NOW From a Library of Congress 50th Symposium to Speed Cinema events in Kentucky’s largest art museum throughout 2019, Appalshop’s 50th Anniversary celebration is off to a beautiful start. Appalshop family and five decades worth of artistic partnerships are coming together to make this Golden Anniversary one that touches as many places and people as...Read More ▶Appalshop Celebrates 50 Years in New York & Boston | April 2019
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Exhibit Features Eastern Kentucky Family Archives
During Seedtime on the Cumberland 2018, Appalshop Archive mounted a gallery exhibition featuring historical photographs and heirloom objects from family archives in and around Letcher County. The exhibit is the culmination of a yearlong, NEH-supported project to preserve and increase public awareness of personal archives. In spring and summer of 2017, Archive staff hosted...Read More ▶Exhibit Features Eastern Kentucky Family Archives
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Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail as a white southerner whose rejection of her segregationist upbringing was "eloquent and prophetic". Ostracized as a "red" in the 1950s, she fought for an...
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