Telling the Central Appalachian Mountain region's story from the inside out.

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About: Respecting Appalachian Culture

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By telling its region's stories in the voices of the people who live in Central Appalachia, Roadside Theater's body of original plays, music, intercultural collaborations, and articles celebrate and interrogate Appalachia's intellectual, spiritual,

Activity

Roadside & The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Project

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Through a 2012-2014 community cultural development residency, a reenactment drama was created with Appalachian folk artists and local performers, and premiered at Natural Tunnel State Park in Duffield, Virginia. A group of Eastern Cherokee tradition

Commentary

End Isolationism

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By Dudley Cocke

Central Appalachia & the Founding of Appalshop

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By Donna Porterfield

"Whitesburg, Kentucky -- A coalmining town with all the disadvantages that brings. Unemployment hoovers at 20%; so does the high school drop out rate; and the standard of living never strays far from

Independence, Not Isolation

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By Dudley Cocke

Dudley Cocke places the 1997 August Wilson-Robert Brustein debate on race in American theater in a wider cultural context in this reiteration of Alan Lomax’s classic Appeal For Cultural Equity: "I