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By Jennifer Toledo Arts & Entertainment Editor The Afromotive is a quickly rising ten-piece band out of Asheville North Carolina. Their unique Afro-beat music is funky and energetic, danceable and deeply infused with traditional West African rhythms. The band is currently enjoying the release of their debut album “Scare Tactics,” […]
By Kaitlyn Mullis Staff Writer The Killers, a band hailing from Las Vegas, first burst onto the music scene with 2004’s “Hot Fuss.” The first catchy single “Somebody Told Me” and the renowned “Mr. Brightside” made the album their biggest success, with sales soaring to 3.3 million in the United […]
By: Alison Murphy Staff Writer September 6 – Dec 15 LEWIS BUCK: Beyond the Surface + Fine & Performing Arts Center MuseumLife Works in Painting and Assemblage, a retrospective of the the artist’s 60 year career. Includes 50 paintings and collages described as bright, vibrant and textural. Friday September 27 […]
Thursday September 25 Book Signing with Mark Strand + Barnes and Noble | 7pm | AshevillePulitzer prize winner reads from his book , “Man and Camel.” Friday September 26 A Look At North Carolina Politics + City Lights | 7pm | Sylva Reading and Discussion by Christopher Cooper Steve Almond […]
September27 Flat Rock Play house and Carl Sandburg Home 10:00 am- 7:00 pm *USI October1 Movie Night Reynolds Lobby 8:00 pm 2 Homecoming: Float Decoration TBA 3 Homecoming: Parade TBA 4 Homecoming: Tailgate Football Parking Lot 11:00 am 6 Honors College may start registering for Spring Classes! 7 Checkers and […]
By: Jennifer ToledoArts & Entertainment Editor Friday September 26The Love Guru | 5 & 9pm Saturday September 27The Love Guru | 5 & 9pm Tuesday September 30Mar Adentro | 7:30pm Monday October 6Beyond the Call | 7pm Tuesday October 7Como Agua Para Chocolate | 7:30pm
By Alison Murphy Staff Writer On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 LeRoi Moore, saxophonist of Dave Mathews Band for over 15 years, passed away. In late June, Moore was in an ATV accident and was recovering in his Los Angeles home when he died unexpectedly. After the initial accident DMB did […]
By Morgan Carver Staff Writer Jackson county’s very own Lynn Hotaling, editor of “The Sylva Herald,” has written a book giving this small town a vision of the past. Her book “Sylva” has images included in it from around the early 1900s and up. Looking back and seeing how Sylva […]
Randall Holcombe WCU Public Relations CULLOWHEE – Mountain Heritage Weekend events at Western Carolina University, including a bluegrass concert this coming Friday, Sept. 26, and the university’s Mountain Heritage Day festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, will go on as scheduled despite gasoline supply problems in Jackson County and across Western […]
By Justin Caudell Sports Editor For the eleventh straight season, the Catamounts won their home opener on Thursday, Aug. 28, blanking the Shorter College Hawks 35 – 0 on the gridiron to start the 2008 season. The triumph ended a seven game losing streak, dating back to last year. The […]
