The Local will host a benefit concert on Friday for the Hunger and Health Coalition, a group focused on relieving hunger and poverty for those facing economic hardships. The concert will feature local...

In the 1970s, all of the fun for students in Boone was actually located in Blowing Rock. While the establishments surrounding the school were dry, a number of clubs, bars and dance halls just down the...

Tattoo artist Greg Kinnamon recently celebrated the end of his 6th year at Speakeasy Tattoo Company in Boone with the annual beard and mustache competition at Boone Saloon and with the opening of his own...

Students from Vicki Grube’s graphic novel drawing class will present their personal comics for others to view and discuss at a mini-con this Wednesday. The group will also unveil a collaborative zine...

Thanksgiving, the tantalizingly delicious holiday we’re all looking forward to right about now, comes at a price. Anyone who has participated in the all-day cooking marathon preceding the famous meal...

Appalachian State University held its first Kwanzaa Creativity Celebration in Plemmons Student Union on Tuesday as an extension of the original Kwanzaa Celebration and Feast that has been hosted by the...

A May 2014 graduate of Appalachian State University’s commercial photography program recently placed third in the Nikon Everyday Cinema Contest. Elke Talbot, whose entry was titled, “Cake,” won...

Appalachian State University’s a cappella groups competed in the seventh annual Acappellageddon at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday evening in a three-hour-long, nearly sold-out...

The Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble will take place Nov. 19-22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Valborg Theatre, located on Appalachian State University’s campus. This year the ensemble will include seven...

For the last two weeks, Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance shared the timeless message of religious hypocrisy through its comedic production of “Tartuffe” at I.G. Greer...

The Appalachian spoke with recent Appalachian State University graduate Brittney Flood, who opened a collection of paintings about her art and her life after college at the start of the month at the 3rd...

The Appalachian Popular Programming Society will hold the first-ever Boone DJ Blowout on Wednesday at Legends. Four local DJs, selected by the APPS Club Shows council, will each play 35-minute sets,...