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Dark Waters and Rob Bilott: An Urban Appalachian Who Stood Up for Environmental Justice by Mike Templeton
Parkersburg, West Virginia is a short drive from Athens, Ohio. From the party strip of Ohio University to the farms of Parkersburg you pass through Wayne National Forest; cross the Ohio River, and the...
Joe Burrow: Football Champion and Champion for Appalachia
by Mike Templeton I suppose it is possible to have not heard of Joe Burrow, but I’m not sure how his name could escape anyone. I don’t follow football, and I know he is perhaps THE college footbal...
Ringin’ in the Appalachian New Year
by Mike Templeton The past year has been busy. We have seen urban Appalachians in print, on the stage, and in the news for all the best reasons. There is cause to mark the end of the old and the begin...
The Campbell County Public Library Signature Series Presents the Falcon Theatre’s Production of Pauletta Hansel’s Coal Town Photograph
by Mike Templeton The Falcon Theatre celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and they remain greater Cincinnati’s only true storefront theater. As we head into 2020, we want to take note of the c...
An Evening of Poetry, Art, and Song for Riparian at the Mercantile Library
By Mike Templeton If you have never been to the Mercantile Library in downtown Cincinnati, you are missing one of the absolute jewels of our city. The Mercantile is one of fewer than a dozen privately...
The Mountain Minor and some Reflections from Dale Farmer
by Mike Templeton With thoughts and memories still percolating from the Express Urban Appalachia Showcase, it seems appropriate to turn our attention to a recent showing of the film The Mountain Minor...
Writing Our Roots Awards Ceremony 2019
by Dale Marie Prenatt It was blustery and snowing in Cincinnati early this week but a warm community greeted the winners of Writing Our Roots. Celebrating the creativity of Cincinnati’s young write...
Pauletta Hansel, Richard Hague, and Anthony Otten are the First Prize Winners of Still: The Journal Contest in Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, and Fiction
by Mike Templeton Some folks with strong connections to the Appalachian community and the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition specifically took high honors in Still: The Journal literary p...
Nancy Laird Spirit of Service Award
by Mike Templeton I finally got to sit down with Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Core Member Nancy Laird and talk about her work, receiving the Nancy Laird Spirit of Service Award from Healthy H...
The Express Urban Appalachian Showcase Follow Up
by Mike Templeton The Express Urban Appalachian Showcase on October 24 at the Aronoff offered so much it is difficult to decide where to begin to reflect on it all. From the opening voices to the chor...
Dee Marie at the Express Urban Appalachian Showcase
by Mike Templeton Of the many reasons Appalachian culture is so inexhaustible is that it is made up of so many elements. There is no single thread that defines Appalachian people, culture, and art. Th...
Express Urban Appalachian Showcase
by Mike Templeton We get pretty used to having the arts of Appalachia all around us in Cincinnati. You can go to the Comet in Northside on any Sunday night and likely hear the Comet Bluegrass Allstars...
Writing Our Roots: Cincinnati Young People’s Writing Contest
by Mike Templeton Young people have their own ways of pulling just about anything into the art that best expresses their time and place. For me, punk rock really captured the spirit of youth. Life fel...
Gurney Norman and Pauletta Hansel: A Reading of New Work about Appalachia
by Mike Templeton The setting for A Reading of New Work about Appalachia, readings by Gurney Norman and Pauletta Hansel was about as close to ideal is I could imagine. Roebling Point Books & Coffe...
Young Leaders Reflect: A Joyful Noise
In our Young Leaders Reflect series, UACC is sharing reflections from area students who participate in the Urban Appalachian Leadership Project (UALP). Through UALP, Appalachian Innovation Grants have...
Communication Specialist Position Announcement
UACC is seeking to contract for the services of a Communication Specialist. When the Urban Appalachian Council was incorporated in 1974, one of the most effective ways to reach out to our community wa...
Young Leaders Reflect: Express Appalachia Wide Open Mic
As our first group of UACC’s Urban Appalachian Leadership Project (UALP) participants finishes up their tenure we have invited them to share their reflections of having attended and produced cul...
Young Leaders Reflect: ASA Conference
Following up with the recent Appalachian Studies Association Conference, two of our Urban Appalachian Leadership Project grant recipients shared their experiences. Michael Thompson and Jeni Hall are s...