Posts tagged Appalachian

The Reece Museum will host Community History Harvest: Girl Scouts in the Appalachians on Saturday, March 7, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. This event …

As we know, numerous folklore tales and traditions heard in the Appalachian Mountains come from the native peoples. Today, we’re going to discuss the rich …

We have talked a lot about cryptids in East Tennessee, and many of them are extremely well-known, but today we’re going to be diving into …

Appalachia is rich in its folklore. So rich, in fact, that in 1969, John Rice Irwin founded The Museum of Appalachia. This museum has authentic …

This past Monday, if you looked into the sky at night, you might’ve noticed something just a little bit different. The moon appeared closer and …

Appalachian folklore is one of the detailed folklores that the world has come to know. Many of these tales originate from indigenous cultures and explain …

Presented in Slocomb Galleries, Kimberly English’s “Threshold” invites the audience into a personal exploration of loss through traditional Appalachian weaving techniques and modern artistic expression.  …

What do you get when you mix a Cherokee-Choctaw mother, a gospel-singing black father, youth spent in the coal country of Kentucky, “gritty” teenage years …