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Seedtime on the Cumberland - June 7-9, 2012
Appalshop's 26th annual community arts festival, featuring music,crafts, dancing, the Whitesburg ARTWALK, shape note singing, film screenings, and more.
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Thousand Kites
A community-based performance, web, video and radio project centered on the United States prison system.
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Mine War on Blackberry Creek (1986) - Web Stream
Mine War on Blackberry Creek reports on the long and bitter United Mine Workers of America strike in 1984 against A.T. Massey, America's fourth largest...
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Doc Watson & Jeff Little playing Old, Old House
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Calls From Home Holiday Edition on WMMT December 26
Join us for a special broadcast on December 26 at 8 pm of Thousand Kites’ Holiday Edition of Calls from Home, a radio program that airs once a year on stations across the country, bringing families together over the airwaves as we send holiday greetings to incarcerated loved ones. The show will air right before WMMT's weekly Calls from Home show, starting at 9 pm. » »
Get your free digital download of the "Whoa Mule" music video today!
For the Holidays please enjoy a free digital download copy of the "Whoa Mule" music video on us! » »
Portraits and Dreams: A Revisitation
Elizabeth Barret and Wendy Ewald are pleased to announce the launching of a new project called Portraits and Dreams: A Revisitation. The project follows a process of re-engagement by artist Wendy Ewald and the former students she taught during 1975 – 1982 in three rural public elementary schools in Kentucky. » »
Wade Mainer (1907 - 2011)
Appalshop mourns the loss of bluegrass pioneer Wade Mainer, who passed away on September 12, 2011 at the age of 104. In 1989, Wade appeared with his wife Julia at Appalshop's Seedtime on the Cumberland festival. To commemorate his life and music, the Appalshop Archive presents selected performance and interview clips that were taped during Wade and Julia's 1989 visit to Whitesburg, Kentucky. » »
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The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Appalshop with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.