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Moonshine history wins Best Documentary
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"The Spirits Still Move Them," David Weintraub's film about moonshine history, won Best Documentary in the Reedy Reels Film Festival in Greenville, South Carolina, the Center for Cultural Preservation announced. Read Story »
Tags: David Weintraub | Center for Cultural Preservation | moonshine | documentary films
Henderson County News
Weintraub's Appalachian films to get wider audience
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David Weintraub, the Hendersonville-based filmmaker of more than 40 documentary films, has signed a deal with PBS to distribute four of his feature length films to public television stations around the country. Read Story »
Tags: movies | David Weintraub | Center for Cultural Preservation | Appalachian Mountains. Appalachian culture | Appalachian Culture | documentary films
Henderson County News
Moonshine movie premieres next month
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Everything we know about moonshiners and moonshining history is wrong. Read Story »
Tags: David Weintraub | Center for Cultural Preservation | moonshine
Henderson County News
LOCAL BRIEFS: Dom Flemons, Easter Egg hunt, mulch giveaway
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The Center for Cultural Preservation, WNC’s cultural history and documentary film center, will feature legendary musician Dom Flemons, co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Grammy-award winning performer, on Thursday, March 25. Read Story »
Flat Rock Life
Bluegrass band performs 'A Turnpike Sunset,' about early drovers' road
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Imagine being on the road with thousands of hogs, tens of thousands of turkeys and sheep herded by hundreds of local farmers. It would make today’s traffic on I-26 seem like a day in the park. Read Story »
Tags: David Weintraub | transportation | livestock | Center for Cultural Preservation
Henderson County Life
Award-winning duo perform old-time music Nov. 17
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Tags: Center for Cultural Preservation | old-time music | David Holt
Henderson County News
New Belgium event to benefit 'River Heroes' movie
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The Center for Cultural Preservation, WNC’s cultural history and documentary film center announced a partnership with New Belgium Brewing Company to help the Center make its new film on the River Heroes of Western North Carolina. Read Story »
Tags: David Weintraub | French Broad River | Center for Cultural Preservation
Henderson County News
Film festival highlights mountain traditions
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A legendary moonshiner, a renowned song collector and a sneak peek at an upcoming documentary on mountain music highlight the Culture Vulture Film Festival on Friday at the Blue Ridge Conference Hall at BRCC. Read Story »
Henderson County News
'Fast Cars, White Lightning' coming to BRCC
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The Center for Cultural Preservation in partnership with Blue Ridge Community College will launch the third season of its “Keeping the Fires Burning” series with “Fast Cars and White Lightning: Moonshining and NASCAR.” Read Story »
Tags: Center for Cultural Preservation | NASCAR | moonshine
Henderson County News
Mountain balladeers to perform
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Two eighth-generation mountain ballad singers will be featured in the "Keeping the Fires Burning" series presented by the Center for Cultural Preservation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at Patton Auditorium. Donna Ray Norton and Melanie Rice Penland, both from Sodom, Madison County, will perform and discuss the history of ballad music and how it evolved as it crossed the wide sea. Read Story »
Tags: Music | performing arts | Southern Appalachian culture | Center for Cultural Preservation
Henderson County News
Local history course offered on line for teachers
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For the first time, a local history class will be offered on line to public school teachers in a cooperative effort announced today by the Center for Cultural Preservation and Blue Ridge Community College. Read Story »
Tags: History | BRCC | Jennie Jones Giles | Center for Cultural Preservation
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