The Singing Bus

by Steve Laird Back in 1953 I was 10 years old and in the third grade. Got held back a year in the first grade, I was labeled a slow learner. As I found out some years later, people with Dyslexia have...

Words as Action: Making a Literary Difference Beyond Classroom Walls

By Sherry Cook Stanforth Professor of English, Thomas More College The Words writing celebration, founded by Sherry Cook Stanforth, is held annually at Thomas More College and showcases student writin...

Tribute to Maxine Groves, Master Quilter

by Mike Maloney Nina Maxine Green Groves died May 21, 2015, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center of congestive heart failure and other complications. Maxine was not just the best known traditi...

Debbie Zorn is ASA President-Elect

by Phil Obermiller The Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) was founded in the 1970s to provide a way for activists and academics to cooperate in regional understanding and advocacy. Since then urban...

Northside Square Dance

by John Bealle The Northside Square Dance arose some years ago as a sly witches’ brew of motives.  Local callers who wanted to practice. Old-time musicians who loved playing together. Dancers w...

LPH Festival: Memories, Roots & Fun

by Nancy Laird The 38th Annual Lower Price Hill Appalachian Festival (formerly known as the “Mini Appalachian Fest”), hosted by the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, is an amazing feat. When ...

My Appalachian Memory: The Word Quilt at “Urban Appalachia Lost & Found” Event

by Barb Childers For the first time, we took the Word Quilt to an event besides the annual Ringin’ In. On Saturday, Aprill 11, the Berea Library Archives came to Holy Family Church in Price Hill at ...

Elk River Blues: A Chemical Spill, a Tragic Series of Events, and Appalachian Fatalism

by Parker Sterling From its source in the Allegheny Mountains to its 177 mile stretch and 3,435 feet elevation drop to the mouth at the Kanawha River, the Elk River is considered a “geological marve...

My Appalachian Memory: A Word Quilt Created by Cincinnati’s Urban Appalachians

by Barb Childers Quilts are certainly part of the Appalachian tradition.  There’s no denying that many quilters in our community carry on the old traditions of making something new from something o...

Urban Appalachia Lost and Found: An Identification of a Half-Century of Community Photographs

by Jeff Dey When the former UAC closed in January 2014, the organization’s collection of old photos were fortunately taken to the Berea archives for safe-keeping. These photos are to be catalogued s...

Recipe for 2015 Ringin’ in Pie Contest Winner

The winner of the pie contest at this year’s Ringin’ In the Appalachian New Year was Jeff Dey and his Peaches and Cream pie! This week, he shares his recipe with the rest of us!   Wh...

2015 Appalachian Culture Fest at Union Terminal

by Omope Carter Daboiku UACC garnered a highly visible collaboration in February with the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal as co-producer for Passpor...

The Six Senses of Growing Up in Price Hill

by Steve Laird I was born Dec. 9, 1943 at 704 Mt. Hope Road. We lived in a 5 family apartment building; my great aunt, Emma Brannigan, owned the building. Sights The back yard overlooked the city and ...

Where We are From

This poem was created from writings done by students in Community Matters’ East Price Hill site in a workshop led by UACC Core Member and Story Circle facilitator Pauletta Hansel. The teacher, Chery...

What is a “Ringin’ In?”

by Barb Childers In Appalachian tradition, old timers say “ringin’ in” is the proper way to bring in the new year.  This could include anything sufficiently clamorous to chase away bad luck —...

The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition (UACC)

by Maureen Sullivan & Mike Maloney In 1974, a group of Appalachians and their allies organized the Urban Appalachian Council (UAC) in Cincinnati. For the past 40 years, UAC has served urban Appala...