Welcome to Living Traditions, a podcast about folk and traditional arts in central Appalachia. In our latest episode, we talked with Tiffany Joy and Shiloh Delaronde of the Appalachian Rekindling ...

Image courtesy Becca Evans, JMU College of Arts and Letters A James Madison University English professor who works in leadership at the Furious Flower Poetry Center has received a fellowship from an ...

In the hunt to understand why some people get certain types of cancer and then have different outcomes, biomedical researchers look at genetic profiles and variables like age, gender, race, and other ...

The Appalachian Bear Rescue has been caring for injured and orphaned bears, since 1996. “When these bears come in, most of the time, they’re in the worst condition they could be in. A lot of times, ...

Using herbs native to the region, Appalachian folk medicine is very much alive today. Its healing practices have trickled down from mountain folk to modern mainstream providers. “Herbal medicine has ...

PLANTS FOR THE PEOPLE: Starting left, Jeannie Dunn, Lupo Passero and Jamie Bartlet, volunteer at an Appalachian Herb Collective pop-up where free herbal medicines are offered to support a variety of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – The East Tennessee hills are alive with the sound of music that comes out of them. The Appalachia Sessions are coming to the Bijou Theatre on Monday, December 5.The series is ...