It’s Friday morning in the middle of September and around 40 students in the Film and Television Program at Western Carolina University are watching the movie “Black Panther” on the big screen in the University Auditorium. With enough social distancing, they are among the rare people this fall to enjoy big screen movies and get […]
Toys in the Attic: A livestreamed show with Valerie Meiss
October 29, 2020 by
A raven flew across a full moon, and the light shone on blue hair and a big smile. She sipped from a wine glass and petted her cat before playing the piano, the ukulele, the kazoo, and singing like a Mary Poppins of the underground. Valerie Meiss, otherwise known by her stage name Valerie from […]
Welcome to the Picture Show! with Nicole Ellison & Hannah Fink
March 15, 2020 by
Warning: Brief Expletive Language Welcome to the Picture Show, where you’ll hear two unprofessional, untrained, completely unlicensed movie lovers give opinions nobody asked for on movies they like (and sometimes on ones that they don’t). In today’s episode, Western Carolina students Nicole Ellison and Hannah Fink discuss the recent award shows, specifically the Oscars, Golden Globes, […]
“Hamlet” gets a technological revamp in upcoming WCU performance
March 2, 2020 by
William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” has been performed for over 400 years, but never quite like this. Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen will be taking the stage to perform a revamped version of “Hamlet” from Wednesday, March 4, to Saturday, March 7, in the Bardo Arts Center Josephina Niggli Studio Theatre. Performances on March […]
Blues-rock band The Log Noggins releases new song
November 29, 2019 by
Imagine floating in a lazy kayak down a river. Suddenly, you notice a single towering tree on the bank that has caught fire. It cracks and plummets down right on top of you! There is pain, and then nothing. The rest of the story comes to you in anecdotes, after you wake up in a hospital […]
WNC Pottery Festival brought artists from all over U.S.
November 7, 2019 by
Residents of Jackson County this past weekend didn’t even have to walk out of the neighborhood to support local art. The 15th annual WNC Pottery Festival was held in Bridge Park, Sylva, on Saturday, Nov. 2, offering art to everybody. The event showcased works by over 40 master potters from all over the U.S. It included […]
