The dogwoods are blooming and the festival that kicks off the warm season returns. The Greening Up the Mountains Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday, April 22 beginning at 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The festival is held in historical downtown Sylva, with the Town of Sylva and the Main Street Sylva Association […]
Greening Up The Mountains…and the economy
May 21, 2018 by
Story produced in collaboration with Austin Page Greening Up the Mountains, Sylva’s main festival of the year, kicks off the spring. Holding its 21st annual celebration of the changing of the seasons while bringing recognition to local vendors. Spanning Main Street and the Bridge Park area, over 200 vendors kept the area busy, selling local artisanal […]
Dyeing with natural ingredients is a stinky beautiful thing
April 22, 2016 by
Narrowly missing the rain, students, faculty and visitors gathered together to learn how to naturally dye fabrics at the Mountain Heritage Center outside of Hunter Library on April 21. Erin Tapley, from Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design, ran the event, and taught each person how to dye their very own piece of […]
The weather won’t keep the locals down
April 27, 2015 by
The weather called for a 92 percent chance of rain, but the people of Sylva still brought out their guitars, grills and their mountain attitudes on Saturday, April 25, to celebrate Earth Day. The Greening up the Mountains festival is a local tradition, that’s been running for 18 years, in Sylva to celebrate the coming […]
Earth & Wellness Celebration educates students
April 16, 2014 by
Western Carolina University held its annual Earth & Wellness Celebration on Tuesday, April 15 in the UC Grandroom. There were over 30 booths available to educate on the general aspects of health and wellness for both human bodies and the earth. Most booths were ran by students participating in various programs on campus while Power […]
