Appalachian Culture Fest
February 15, 16 & 17, 2013

Experience the mountain culture of Appalachia during the Appalachian Culture Fest, an extension of the popular springtime Appalachian Festival held annually in May at Coney Island. Co-sponsored by the Appalachian Community Development Association, the event features great food, skilled mountain crafters selling handmade wares, traditional arts demonstrators, storytellers and performances by talented bluegrass musicians.

Friday schedule  |  Saturday schedule  |  Sunday schedule

Friday, February 15

Newsreel Theater

Apocalachia: Apocalypse in Appalachia
6 to 9 p.m.

Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, the literary journal of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative, opens the 2013 Appalachian Culture Fest with a reading of poetry and stories from its latest issue. Devastated mountains, devastated communities: Are these the end times for Appalachia? Are we devolving into chaos? Or is there, in spite of all, reason for hope?

Creative writers from urban and rural Appalachian communities offer their literary responses to these questions. The featured reader is Cathy Smith Bowers, former poet laureate of North Carolina, who is in town as part of the Appalachian Writers Series sponsored by the Urban Appalachian Council and Thomas More College with funding from the Ohio Arts Council and John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank.

Cathy Smith Bowers is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Like Shining From Shook Foil: Selected Poems (Press 53, 2010). Other readers include Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel co-editors Pauletta Hansel, Michael Henson and Sherry Cook Stanforth, as well as selected writers from throughout the region published in the journal. Writers from urban Appalachian communities are invited to participate in an open mic reading immediately following.

Saturday, February 16

Rotunda

Appalachian Marketplace  
Buy hand made home décor, jewelry, walking sticks and even candy at our bustling marketplace filled with original goods.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Passport to the World Stage

1 p.m.  Music by Randy Barger, "The Bluegrass Jammin Man"
2 p.m.  Storytelling with Paul Ingram
3 p.m.  Music by Steve Bonafel
4 p.m.  Storytelling with Omope Daboiku
5 p.m.  Music by Russ & Barb Childers

Losantiville Cafe (Private Dining Room)

Appalachian Trail
Our Appalachian Trail brings Appalachia to you. Walk through the trail and back into time. Learn about the people, geography and resources of America’s first frontier.
Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.

Appalachian Art Making for the Family
Need a break from all the high technology gadgets? Come sit down with the family and make banjos, apple baskets and more.
Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.

Newsreel Theater

Music by the Dulcimers
2 p.m.

Appalachian Film Festival

National Geographic’s Appalachian Trail (55 mins)            
The Appalachian Trail stretches more than 2,000 miles through wilderness from Georgia to Maine. This film goes beyond the beaten track to discover what hikers might miss. Q & A session to follow.
Saturday at 11 a.m.

Sunny Side of Life (58 mins)
This film celebrates the legacy of a country music dynasty – The Carter Family.
Saturday at 12:15

Chairmaker (22 mins)        
This film follows 80-year-old Dewey Thompson from Sugarloaf Hollow, KY, as a rough-hewn rocking chair takes form under his experienced hands and well-worn knife.
Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Stranger with a Camera (61 mins)
An award-winning exploration of the relationship between media makers and the communities they portray in their work.
Saturday at 3 p.m.

Catfish Man of the Woods (27 mins)
In this day-in-the-life visit, Catfish reads letters around the world seeking health advice, gathers herbs and roots from the woods, receives visitors, and finally, relaxes in a nearby stream.
Saturday at 4:15 p.m.

Sunday, February 17

Rotunda

Appalachian Marketplace  
Buy hand made home décor, jewelry, walking sticks and even candy at our bustling marketplace filled with original goods.
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Passport to the World Stage

Noon   Storytelling with Omope Daboiku
1 p.m.  Music by Peas in a Pod
2 p.m.  Storytelling with Paul Ingram
3 p.m.  Music by the Tillers
4 p.m.  Music by the Goodle Boys

Losantiville Cafe (Private Dining Room)

Appalachian Trail
Our Appalachian Trail brings Appalachia to you. Walk through the trail and back into time. Learn about the people, geography and resources of America’s first frontier.
Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.

Appalachian Art Making for the Family
Need a break from all the high technology gadgets? Come sit down with the family and make banjos, apple baskets and more.
Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.

Newsreel Theater

Appalachian Film Festival

National Geographic’s Appalachian Trail (55 mins)            
The Appalachian Trail stretches more than 2,000 miles through wilderness from Georgia to Maine. This film goes beyond the beaten track to discover what hikers might miss. Q & A session to follow.
Sunday at 4:45 p.m.

Sunny Side of Life (58 mins)
This film celebrates the legacy of a country music dynasty – The Carter Family.
Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

Chairmaker (22 mins)        
This film follows 80-year-old Dewey Thompson from Sugarloaf Hollow, KY, as a rough-hewn rocking chair takes form under his experienced hands and well-worn knife.
Sunday at 12:45 p.m.

Stranger with a Camera (61 mins)
An award-winning exploration of the relationship between media makers and the communities they portray in their work.
Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Catfish Man of the Woods (27 mins)
In this day-in-the-life visit, Catfish reads letters around the world seeking health advice, gathers herbs and roots from the woods, receives visitors, and finally, relaxes in a nearby stream.
Sunday at 11:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

A Forest Returns (30 mins)
The movie follows the environmental and social conditions that led to the establishment of the Wayne National Forest and our evolving relationship with the land.  
Sunday at noon