Bobby McMillon Legacy Project Tribute Concert

Owen Theatre 44 College St, Mars Hill, United States

Please join us to celebrate the Bobby McMillon Legacy Project at Mars Hill University. This is a project, funded in part by South Arts, preserves and makes accessible the collections of the legendary Bobby McMillon (1951-2021), who was an extraordinary ballad-singer, storyteller, and folklorist. McMillon was from western North Carolina and performed all over the […]

ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak): Film Screening

Owen Theatre 44 College St, Mars Hill, United States

Join the Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Indigenous Student Association as we present a screening of We Will Speak, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. With fewer than 1,500 fluent speakers left, a small group of Cherokee activists race to save their language from disappearing. […]