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Jack Tale Players at Ferrum College will host a reunion for Jack Tale Alumni as part of the 50th Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. All past players are invited to…

50 years ago: The April 25, 1973 edition of The AJT featured an article entitled “Ruth Calloway, Bill Wilkins, Woman and Man of Year.” Ruth Calloway of Newland was chosen

Vixi enjoys telling ancient faerie tales as well as sharing her own style of original rhyming faerie tales. She often reminds people that she is friends with faeries, elves, leprechauns, and all sorts of little people. This story, "Enchanted" is a story poem about a little girl visiting the land of the wee people.

LINCOLNTON – July brings pirates and sea monsters and beanstalks and more through the Lincoln County Public Library’s wave of events for children and adults. Some of the highlights include

The Oak Ridge Playhouse has announced the winners of two Junior Playhouse scholarships.

In Western North Carolina, owls, doves and turkey buzzards have presaged death. As the story goes, the buzzard even tolls a bell.

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Cincinnati Fringe Festival Announces 2021 Lineup This year’s Cincy Fringe will bring you: 8 outdoor productions from local artists, 11 livestreamed productions and more.by BWW News Desk The Cincinnati Fringe Festival is one of the citys first beloved summer traditions to return to form. This year, you can choose from a wide variety of outdoor in-person events and online streaming entertainment for your Fringe experience! Last year, their necessary pivot to an all-online Fringe Festival turne...

Laban Carrick Hill “I have now declared myself Poet Laureate of the Salmon Hole just below the Winooski Dam. I’m thinking about declaring myself music director as well. Perhaps I put up a plaque.” — Laban Hill, March 20, 2016 Laban Hill, the father, author, performer, friend; the teacher, brother, colleague; the son, neighbor, citizen, poet and person, died in his home on February 15, 2021, in Winooski, Vt., at age 60. He is remembered dear...

In Robert Gipe’s new illustrated novel, Pop, we return to Dawn, who was a central character of Trampoline and Weedeater, Gipe’s previous books in the series. Now in her 30s and back in fictional Canard County in rural Eastern Kentucky, this last installment in the trilogy picks up during the 2016 presidential election.  Dawn enlists the help of two other storytellers: her daughter Nicolette and her uncle Hubert. Because, as she puts it, “The story we are going to tell you is hard.” ...