Greening Up the Mountains, Sylva’s free festival marking the start of spring, will be hitting Main street tomorrow, April 27. This will mark the 17th annual celebration of the event. It will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring local crafts, vendors, artists, and music. Many of the attending vendors will be locally owned […]
Archives for April 2014
Revolver recognizes heavy metal musicians with Golden Gods award show
April 24, 2014 by
Revolver Magazine hosted their sixth annual Heavy Metal award show, the Golden Gods Wednesday night. Streamed through Amazon.com, it was a night of apparent technical difficulties; with nearly all the performers taking the stage several minutes after they were announced, bad jokes, and interesting award decisions. Some of the notable award recipients of this years […]
Good student on the outside, medical experiment on the inside
April 23, 2014 by
An average 5-foot-3 red head Emily Jaynes seems like a regular WCU student who is not shy to crack a smile or tell a funny story. Friends flock to her because of her upbeat personality, but only a handful realize the medical challenges she has overcome and is still fighting. “I have so much go […]
“Echoes of the Cotton Club” to perform Thursday night
April 21, 2014 by
Imagine it’s 1927 in the Harlem district of New York City during prohibition. Alcohol is illegal, but it’s easy to pay off the police in the mainly black district. Owney “The Killer” Madden, an English gangster, owns a club that is only the rich white clientele can enter called the Cotton Club. It employs solely […]
Full Spectrum Farms hosts Easter egg hunt
April 21, 2014 by
Full Spectrum Farms helped nearly 30 children from Cullowhee and the area celebrate the Easter holiday on Sunday, April 20, in their second annual Great Easter Egg Hunt. Norman West, a member of the board at Full Spectrum Farms, was in charge of the event. “I had one just like this when I was a […]
Cats bounce back from frustrating Whee-kend
April 16, 2014 by
After a few tough outings against a struggling Furman team (13-23, 4-8 SoCon) during WCU’s Spring Fling Whee-kend, the Cats didn’t seem to mind getting away from the usually friendly confines of Hennon Stadium for a while. The Cats responded to dropping the three-game weekend series by defeating Winthrop yesterday in Rock Hill, S.C. […]
