UACC Blog
David Rhodes Brown: The Godfather of local Rockabilly by Mike Templeton
A while back the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition spotlighted the history of Bluegrass in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. Industrial Strength Bluegrass, the book and the recording, situates the ri...
Keeping things Wild and Independent in Camp Washington by Mike Templeton
The urban Appalachian population has become increasingly dispersed throughout Greater Cincinnati. While economic and social conditions once tied groups of people to specific areas, the changing econom...
On the Road Again with Coal Town Photograph by Mike Templeton
This week’s blog is a throwback to January 2020. That year, the Falcon Theatre, greater Cincinnati’s only true storefront theater, celebrated its 30th anniversary with a production of Coal To...
Arc of Appalachia: The Natural Treasures in Appalachian Ohio by Mike Templeton
The focus of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is obviously our urban community. But nearly all of us, Appalachian or otherwise, like to escape the city and find some solace in the natural wor...
Matt Farley Talks about his poetry and working on the restoration of the Potter’s Field Cemetery by Mike Templeton
Most everyone involved with the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is engaged in multiple things. The poets are leaders in advocacy and the organizers are playing music, to offer a couple of exampl...
Poetry of Appalachian Ohio: “I Thought I Heard the Cardinal Sing”: Ohio’s Appalachian Voices by Mike Templeton
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is always enthusiastic about literary projects centered on Appalachia. But an upcoming poetry anthology project led by Ohio’s Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seym...
Director Larry Smith and Bottom Dog Press: A Crucial Source for Appalachian Literature and Appalachian Studies by Mike Templeton
There is an entire field of literature from and about Appalachia now. One reason for this momentum is the dedication of small presses that devote their energies and resources to publishing Appalachian...
Lower Price Hill: Struggles, Transitions, and Victories in one of Cincinnati’s Key Appalachian Neighborhoods by Mike Templeton
Lower Price Hill has historically occupied a place within the city of Cincinnati as one of the central urban Appalachian neighborhoods. Although not as significant in terms of population as East Price...
Looking Back to See Forward: The Harpers of Pongo Ridge by Nora Stanger
With the passing of each generation, our understanding of the lives our ancestors experienced is diminished. The Harpers of Pongo Ridge is a treasure for the Appalachian people. In her book,...
Recognizing the Long Commitment of Roberta Campbell by Mike Templeton
The more visible presence of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is recognized in things like Ringin’ in the Appalachian New Year and other cultural events. These public events and celebration...
Urban Appalachian Communities: Elmwood Place by Mike Templeton
A key component of the work of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition involves being closely connected to our Appalachian neighborhoods. The neighborhoods that have historically been made up of App...
A La Prochaine to Core Member John Bealle By Mike Templeton
The Core Team with the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition consists of people who have advocated on behalf of urban Appalachian for many years. These are the folks who are present and working for ur...
How the Rainbow Coalition Inspired Solidarity Between Appalachians and Black Panthers By Erinn Sweet
I am no stranger to the Confederate flag. It waved in the back of pick-up trucks at my high school’s student parking lot. It was tattooed onto the arms of my peers. It was a sticker slapped on a Yet...
The Newly Digitized Frank Foster Memorial Library by Mike Templeton
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has maintained a host of resources for scholars and others throughout its existence. Together with the Research Committee, members of UACC have always contrib...
Parsley Pottery: Carol and Jason Parsley Make Pottery for the People by Mike Templeton
Appalachian culture is so woven into daily life in greater Cincinnati that we can often equate it with the culture of the city in general. Even as the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition pays partic...
Brandon Shields: Sailor, River Captain, and Rapper By Mike Templeton
Neighborhoods like Sedamsville and Lower Price Hill have historically been largely populated by urban Appalachians. These neighborhoods have changed over the past several decades, and the Urban Appala...
Getting the Neighborhoods Vaccinated by Mike Templeton
The most recent news on the COVID-19 pandemic has been promising. Mask regulations are slowly being relaxed and businesses are re-opening as new cases continue to fall around the nation. But the pande...
Ma Crow: Lived and Breathing Bluegrass and American Roots Music by Mike Templeton
Part of “our calling” at the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is to highlight and advance “artistic and cultural expressions of who we were and are.” This naturally includes bluegrass m...