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In Whitesburg, flooding took with it Appalachian history stored in an iconic building known as Appalshop. It’s a nonprofit that has been collecting, storing and preserving life in the mountains ...
The lowest point inside Appalshop, a dark wooden three-story building perched on the edge of the Kentucky River’s North Fork in downtown Whitesburg, is its archival vault.
Appalshop, a cultural center in Kentucky, has recovered more than 13,500 items after a devastating flood a year ago. Many are being restored and digitized. A devastating flood in Whitesburg, Ky ...
WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — The raging floodwaters that left dozens dead or missing in eastern Kentucky also swept away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop, a cultural center known ...
At Appalshop—the Eastern Kentucky media arts nonprofit I lead — we had to leave our beloved building in Whitesburg, find temporary office space, and continue trying to be an anchor institution ...
Appalshop has been a cornerstone of Whitesburg, Kentucky, since 1969, working to tell stories about Appalachian people through art, film, music and more with a focus on their voices. Its theater ...
WHITESBURG, Ky. (WATE) — A Kentucky-based production company that specializes in Appalachian history is recovering with the help of the community from the recent flooding in Eastern Kentucky ...
A cultural center in Whitesburg, Kentucky, ... Appalshop, a cultural center known for chronicling Appalachian life for the rest of the world, is cleaning up and assessing its losses, ...