• “Why and How to Connect to the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina” workshop, 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 10, Jackson County Public Library, Sylva. $10 includes refreshments. A Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina and Blue Ridge National Heritage Area partnership. Reservations, Amy Hollifield, 298.5330, ext. 303 or amy@blueridgeheritage.com. www.blueridgeheritage.com. • Jackson County Genealogical Society, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, Community Room of the Historic Jackson County Courthouse, Sylva. Speaker will be award-winning author and historian Jane Nardy. 631.2646. • Drum Circle and Raw-Mazing Potluck, 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, United Universalist Fellowship of Franklin, 89 Sierra Drive. Tamera Nielsen, 941.894.2898. • Photowalk at Lake Junaluska, 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 12, Lake Junaluska. Meet at tennis courts parking lot. Bring a camera. Led by professional photographers. Registration required at 356.2507. • “Final Rites,” a three-course dinner with wine and the Murder Mystery with Killer Theater, 6 p.m. Saturday, April 12, Herren House, 94 East St., Waynesville. $45. Reservations, 452.7837. • Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, April 14, Mountain Heritage Center on the campus of WCU. Guest speaker, Eric Wittenberg. 293.9314, 456.4212. • World Series of Poker, through April 14, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. • Game Night, 6 to 8 p.m. City Lights Café & Bookstore, Sylva. Brainy games in the bookstore, cornhole and washers in the café. 586.9499 or 587.2233, www.citylightscafe.com/www.citylightsnc.com.
LITERARY (ADULTS) • The Write Ones: Adult Creative Writing Group, 6 p.m. Thursday, April 10. Jackson County Public Library, 586.2016. • Spring Fling Half-Price Used Book Sale, through April 12, Friends of the Jackson County Public Library Book Store, 536 W. Main St., Sylva. Books, magazines, audio books, music CDs, VHS tapes and DVDs included. Proceeds support the Jackson County Public Library. • Anne Clinard Barnhill presents her newest historical novel, Queen Elizabeth’s Daughter, 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12, City Lights Bookstore, Sylva. 586.9499.
• National Library Week, April 14-18, Five-Day Challenge. Visit Haywood County Public Library Facebook page for each new challenge. Win cash prizes. www.Facebook.com/HaywoodCountyPublicLibrary, 648.2924. • Ready to Read, adult literacy program to help those who are illiterate or need to improve/strengthen their reading skills, 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Genealogy Study Room on the second floor of Jackson County Public Library. 586.2016. • Lost Writers Support Group, 10 a.m. to noon, first Saturday of the month, Zelda Divine, Inc., 1210 S.
• Benefit concert, “The Circle is Unbroken: A Benefit for Oso, Washington, from Western North Carolina,” 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 11, Sylva’s Bridge Park. The bluegrass show will feature local bands Mountain Faith and the Boys of Tuckasegee. Sponsored by Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center and the Sylva Herald to help the landslide victims in Snohomish County in Washington state. 227.2643, 293.3020, 227.3191 or 227.3502. • Western Carolina Civic Orchestra final performance of the academic year, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, recital hall of the Coulter Building, Western Carolina University. School of Music, 227.7242. • The hour-long radio show Stories of Mountain Folk airs at 9 a.m. every Saturday on its home station, WRGC Jackson County Radio, 540 AM on the dial, broadcasting out of Sylva. Stories of Mountain Folk is an ongoing all-sound oral history program produced by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia (CSA), a western North Carolina not-for-profit, for local radio and online distribution.
NIGHT LIFE • PMA, Travers Bros., Tony Poole, East Coast Dirt Band, Rolling Nowhere, Natty Love Joys and Chris Blaylock, 9 p.m. No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Madsen plays April 3, with PMA, April 4; Travers Bros., April 5; Poole, April 6; East Coast Dirt Band, April 10; Rolling Nowhere, April 11; Natty Love Joys, April 12; and Blaylock, April 13. Free. 586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com. • Cutthroat Shamrock, 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 4, Tipping Point Brewing, Waynesville. Free. 246.9230, www.tippingpointtavern.com. • Caribbean Cowboys, 7 p.m. Friday, April 4, Bear Waters Brewing Company, Waynesville, 246.0602 or www.bwbrewing.com. • Spontaneous Combustion Jam, 8 p.m. Mondays, Bear Waters Brewing Company in Waynesville. 246.0602 or www.bwbrewing.com. • Brother Sun, 7:45 p.m. April 10, The Strand, 38 Main St., Waynesville. $15. 283.0079 or www.38main.com. • “Local Beer! Local Cheese!” 5 to 9 p.m. April 10, City Lights Café, Sylva. The café will host Looking Glass Creamery, Innovation Brewing and Heinzelmannchen Brewery. 587.2233 or www.citylightscafe.com or www.mountainlovers.com. • Folk/rock/Americana with The Dupont Brothers, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. 452.6000, www.classicwineseller.com. • Songs from the 60s-80s with Ben Wilson, guitar, vocals, 7 p.m. Friday, April 11, Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. 452.6000, www.classicwineseller.com. • South of the Tracks, 7:30 p.m. April 11, Frog Level Brewing Company, Waynesville. Free. 454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.
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• Author Event with Tim Jackson, “Gone Pro: North Carolina,” 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12, Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St. Waynesville. 456.6000, www.blueridgebooksnc.com.
ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • Western Carolina University Low Tech Ensemble gamelan music, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, recital hall of the Coulter Building, WCU campus. Free. School of Music, 227.7242.
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• Game Day, 2 p.m. third Saturday of the month, Papou’s Wine Shop, Sylva. Bring cards, board games, etc. 586.6300.
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• Western Carolina University 35th annual International Festival, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, lawn of A.K. Hinds University Center. Festival opens with a flag procession by international students. 227.7494, dnmoore@wcu.edu, www.wcu.edu.
• The Dupont Brothers, 8 p.m. April 11, Nantahala Brewing Company, Bryson City, 488.2337 or www.nantahalabrewing.com. • Beatles and Elton John Tribute, with Joe Cruz, keyboard, vocals, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12, Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. 452.6000, www.classicwineseller.com. • The Grove Band, 8 p.m. April 12, Nantahala Brewing
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