In 1961, while the world celebrated the first men in space, few knew that West Virginia’s Katherine Johnson performed the meticulous calculations charting their path to the stars. Despite her…
Submitted creative writing by Colby Smith Poetry is more effective than every spoken or inward prayer, every minor or major ritual, and every fleeting or fundamental myth when confronting the…
A Filmmaker’s 30,000 ft. View of an Appalachian Arts Movement The famous California sun burnt a hole through receding thunderclouds as I boarded a plane in a packed LAX terminal….
PERSPECTIVES
Shooting star Emily Calandrelli is the first WV woman in space
The Distance Between Lightning, Thunder, & Carry-On Luggage – an essay
A Pirate Looks at Appalachia – an essay
The Appalachian Media Institute & the impact of youth-led stories.
How the WV Folklife Apprenticeship celebrates and carries on tradition
PopShopWV is teaching young musicians how to rock without a classroom
Dagmar: West Virginia’s Nearly Forgotten Glamour Girl
STAY Project is making Appalachia “a place young people can & want to stay”
King Coal and the Beauty of Burnout (A Film Review)
Influence: The Many Faces of Andi Marie Tillman
Influence: Into the Woods with Whitney Johnson
MOUNTAINEATS: Finding Camaraderie Through Unconventional Food Spaces
The Appalachian Prison Book Project
Op-Ed: Collectively Speaking
Appalachian Filmmakers “Pioneering” the Region’s Film Scene
Half Full, Half Empty: Navigating Being Biracial
Rebuilding With Rosemary
Young Changemakers: Rania Zuri
To See Or Not To See
Young Changemakers: Andrew O’Neal
Young Changemakers: SAGA Initiative
Young Changemakers: March For Our Lives
Meet the Young Changemakers
