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Let the Mountains Ring Forever: Celebrating Jim Webb
It is so hard to describe what Jim Webb meant to Appalshop. Words are inadequate to measure his impact on generations of filmmakers, photographers, writers, radio listeners and programmers young and old alike. They cannot convey the wild joy, at once playful and determined, which Jim brought to every musical program, board meeting, or...Read More ▶Let the Mountains Ring Forever: Celebrating Jim Webb
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CANE in Action
Across Appalachia, communities are experimenting with ways to develop sustainable agriculture as a business sector and to increase access to nutritious foods. WMMT recently reported on the opening of the CANE (Community Agriculture and Nutritional Enterprises) industrial kitchen in Letcher County which is designed to do just that. In the months since its opening,...Read More ▶CANE in Action
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Mtn. Talk: Angie Hagaman on Combating the Drug Epidemic
In this episode, we hear from Angie Hagaman, Operations Director for the ETSU Center for Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment. Angie talks about current research and approaches to addressing the drug epidemic in Appalachia, and raises some ideas for how to bring more “heart” to the healing process.Read More ▶Mtn. Talk: Angie Hagaman on Combating the Drug Epidemic
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Mtn. News: EKY’s first-ever Pride Festival
It’s been a heavy week in national news, so in this episode we’re bringing you a hopeful story about the first ever pride festival in eastern KY, which took place in Pikeville on October 20th, 2018. And, from the Ohio Valley Resource, we explore how healthcare is shaping this mid-term election.Read More ▶Mtn. News: EKY’s first-ever Pride Festival
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Remembering “Red Fox” In Life and Onstage
There are still many old people around home who remember these two trials, some whose families were deeply involved in them. And the way these folks tell the story is often very different from the history books, yet closer to those forgotten documents. Ours is such a story, a story about memory – memory...Read More ▶Remembering “Red Fox” In Life and Onstage
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Raising CANE For Local Foods
Individuals and organizations in Eastern Kentucky’s Letcher County came together to develop the former Whitesburg High School cafeteria into a community kitchen. Calling the project Community Agricultural and Nutritional Enterprises (CANE), they see the commercial kitchen providing an avenue for farmers to take the necessary risks involved with scaling up the area food system...Read More ▶Raising CANE For Local Foods
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Appalshop in DC! September 24-27
Appalshop is proud to be in DC for an American Folklife Center event “Since 1968: Cultural Organizations, Programming and Documentation, and Community Enrichment in New York, Kentucky, and Washington D.C.” on Monday, September 24 at 1 pm. The afternoon symposium features the Center for Traditional Music & Dance, as well as the Drum and Spear Bookstore....Read More ▶Appalshop in DC! September 24-27
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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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Youth in the Mountains | Seedtime & Summer on the Cumberland
Celebrating youth in the mountains made the 32nd Annual Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival a beautiful way to kick off another hot Appalachian summer. From the main stage & theater, to the farmer’s market and craft tent, people gathered for a weekend of music, art, crafts, film, food, and community. All broadcast live on...Read More ▶Youth in the Mountains | Seedtime & Summer on the Cumberland
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Seedtime Festival June 1-2 | Whitesburg Summer of Music & Art
Appalshop hosts its annual Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival this June 1-2, 2018. Celebrations of local and regional music, art, film, food, and crafts will run through Friday and Saturday, following Whitesburg’s first Levitt AMP concert. Celebrating youth this 32nd year of Seedtime, Appalshop is spotlighting the 30th year of the Appalachian Media Institute...Read More ▶Seedtime Festival June 1-2 | Whitesburg Summer of Music & Art
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Appalshop Awarded 2 Grants from National Endowment for the Arts
Appalshop is proud to announce that it has received two Spring 2018 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. These NEA funds with matching contributions will enable Appalshop Archive to support artist residencies and associated cultural events with a focus on foodways, and an Appalachian Media Institute-led exchange between rural regional youth and...Read More ▶Appalshop Awarded 2 Grants from National Endowment for the Arts
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Beyond Measure: Appalachian Culture and Economy DVD
Directed by: Herb E. Smith 1994 Running Time: 58:00 Color There is a constant tension between the forces of an ever changing economy and need to have stable communities. All communities must have an economic base, yet changes in economic conditions can devastate a community. As technologies change, workers can lose their jobs and whole communities can be left without...
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