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Appalshop unveils largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky
In the heart of the coalfields, Appalshop, Inc. unveiled the largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky with a ribbon cutting on June 7th. The project is a groundbreaking example of what’s possible in Appalachia, a region uniquely vulnerable to rising energy costs and political lobbying against renewable energy. With 192 panels incorporated...Read More ▶Appalshop unveils largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky
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Appalshop Celebrates 50 Years in New York & Boston | April 2019
DONATE NOW From a Library of Congress 50th Symposium to Speed Cinema events in Kentucky’s largest art museum throughout 2019, Appalshop’s 50th Anniversary celebration is off to a beautiful start. Appalshop family and five decades worth of artistic partnerships are coming together to make this Golden Anniversary one that touches as many places and people as...Read More ▶Appalshop Celebrates 50 Years in New York & Boston | April 2019
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Appalshop at 50: Brooklyn Folk Festival 2019
As a part of Appalshop’s growing 50th Anniversary celebrations, Appalshop musicians, artisans and vendors will appear at the Brooklyn Folk Festival from April 5-7, 2019. The annual New York City event will showcase June Appal recording artists, screen Appalshop films, and feature workshops led by traditional Kentucky artists. One Appalshop workshop will explore African-American...Read More ▶Appalshop at 50: Brooklyn Folk Festival 2019
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Appalshop At 50: Speed Art Museum Film Screenings
Kentucky’s largest art museum, Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY, will screen free Appalshop films monthly throughout 2019 as part of its celebration of the art of Kentucky and Appalshop’s 50th Anniversary. The Museum’s Free Owsley Sunday Films series will kick off on Sunday, January 27 at 1 P.M. with Appalshop’s most circulated film,...Read More ▶Appalshop At 50: Speed Art Museum Film Screenings
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Appalshop in DC! September 24-27
Appalshop is proud to be in DC for an American Folklife Center event “Since 1968: Cultural Organizations, Programming and Documentation, and Community Enrichment in New York, Kentucky, and Washington D.C.” on Monday, September 24 at 1 pm. The afternoon symposium features the Center for Traditional Music & Dance, as well as the Drum and Spear Bookstore....Read More ▶Appalshop in DC! September 24-27
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Appalshop Featured in NEA Milestone Video
Appalshop was recently honored to be featured in this Milestone Video celebrating the National Endowment for the Arts’ 50th Anniversary. The video combines footage from the Appalshop Archive with interviews from staff, partners and community members that showcase Appalshop’s unique legacy of work in place-based media production and community arts. Thanks to the NEA...Read More ▶Appalshop Featured in NEA Milestone Video
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Footage from Appalshop Archive Featured in Rural Route Film Festival
On Wednesday, March 6, at 7pm, the Rural Route Film Festival – Best of/Shorts tour will be making a stop at the Appalshop Theater, bringing 11 of its very best short films about rural people and places from around the world. Festival Director Alan Webber will be on hand to present the program, and...Read More ▶Footage from Appalshop Archive Featured in Rural Route Film Festival
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STORYCORPS
STORYCORPS, THE GROUNDBREAKING ORAL HISTORY ORGANIZATION, IS VISITING WHITESBURG. WMMT will host StoryCorps for 4 weeks to help record the stories of local residents StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs, will record interviews in Whitesburg from April 21 to May...Read More ▶STORYCORPS
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