There is something about summer that just brings people together. With blockbuster movies, music festivals, mountains, beaches and lakes, there’s always something to do and somewhere to explore. For fans of super heroes and comic books, there’s no better place to be then at one of the many conventions taking place over the summer. One […]
Mountains inspiration for artistic soul
June 3, 2014 by
Around this time last year, Abigail Taylor was celebrating graduating from Western Carolina University with Motion Picture degree and a ton of memories. She returned to her hometown of Hickory and realized that something had changed since she left for college for the first time. What had once been a boring town to her had […]
Local Americana band, rocking western North Carolina
May 28, 2014 by
Mangas Colorado, a well-known Apache tribal chief from the 1700s, was an inspiration for a local band from the mountains of NC. The band got their name, Mangas Colorado, after reading the book Bury my heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown in August 2013 while Jarrod Couch, vocalist and banjo, and Thomas Allison, vocalist […]
A tradition louder than an echo
May 3, 2014 by
Tradition is something that comes with time. And over the past six years, Western Carolina University has found its own tradition that’s gaining national attention. It started with a reinvention of Orson Wells’ infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast in 1938. The most recent radio show, as they have been dubbed, featured the historic […]
Free Comic Book Day at Fandemonium is tomorrow
May 2, 2014 by
The twelfth anniversary of Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 3, 2014 and will be open to everyone who wants to come. You can grab your free comics at Fandemonium Comics and More in Sylva starting at 10 a.m. They will be open until 6 p.m. or whenever all the comics are gone. “Get […]
Auditions for ‘Echoes’: Picking the right talent
April 29, 2014 by
“Echoes of the Cotton Club” was a live radio broadcast at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center for one night only on April 24, but just as any play it it takes long preparations and practice. And it all starts with the auditions. The Western Carolina Journalist followed a few of the […]
