Warren Wilson College News

The World Bank might seem an unlikely institution to turn its attention to small-scale sustainability projects, and even less likely to use social-media tools to spotlight them.

Here's the story the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog/section : Where did square dancing come from? Square dance caller and historian Phil Jamison may have found out.

Christie Haas' first months away from home after graduating high school haven't been quite what she imagined a year ago.

While the world gathered in Copenhagen to wrestle with an agreement on combating climate change, many in Western North Carolina aren't waiting to cut the carbon pumped locally into the atmosphere.

Go a-wassailing into the holiday season with A Swannanoa Solstice , and join the southern Appalachian's foremost bards of song, poetry, dance, and storytelling in an unforgettable celebration of Christmas and the winter solstice.

Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. The acclaimed Moscow Ballet will present Anatoli Emelianov's Great Russian Nutcracker this holiday season at 7:30 p.m. Dec.

Recent Warren Wilson College graduate and modder Finn Haverkamp deconstructs the controversial plot of Ubisoft's 2008 Prince of Persia to see if it functions as intended, in GameCareerGuide's latest feature: The Role of Interpretation in Prince of Persia .

LEXINGTON, Ky. Old-time string band the Red State Ramblers will reunite for a performance at their alma mater, the University of Kentucky, where they will present the last concert of "Appalachia in the Bluegrass," a concert series that explores traditional music in the Appalachian region.

The Every School, Every Week page will appear in Monday's newspaper through the end of the month.

AVERY'S CREEK ELEMENTARY: Girls on the Run Monday. BELL ELEMENTARY: Book fair is Monday-Friday in the library.

"Sustainable Construction Methods" will be the subject of a seminar Dec. 4 at Warren Wilson College, one of a series in the Mountain Green Program.

Marie Williamson and William Lyons are proponents of producing healthy foods for healthy bodies in environmentally sound ways.

Age: 17 School: BFA Fairfax Parents: Neal LaRiviere and Dolores Eckert Hometown: Fairfax Top 5 accomplishments: Selected for National Honor Society, on honor roll for four years, 3.8 GPA, traveled to England with school group, member of Ultimate Frisbee Club.

Jules DerVaes, a California-based pioneer of the urban-homesteading movement, will join local locavores for a local-food potluck this Saturday, Nov.

David Wroblewski didn't think his first novel, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle , would even sell to a publisher: "It's kind of an old-fashioned story, and I don't think we're into old-fashioned stories right now," he said recently by phone, taking time out from his tour to promote the paperback release of his novel.

Michael Thomas, author of "Man Gone Down," a novel about post-9/11 aggression, greed and racism, will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Natural Food Choices and Warren Wilson College invite the public to a locavore potluck and showing of the documentary film "HomeGrown Revolution" at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Sage Cafe at Warren Wilson.

The Clay County Communities Revitalization Association held its annual meeting on October 29 with a potluck supper at the Hayesville First United Methodist Church.A Various speakers from the association described its accomplishments for the past year, and members voted on a new slate of officers for 2010.A Dr.

Free Film Series A free film series on T.E.D. is open to the public at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 500 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, every Sunday night at 7 p.m. The world's leading thinkers gather, by invitation, to express their best ideas in 20 minutes or less.

Erik Reece, writer-in-residence at Warren Wilson College this fall, will offer two public events on the WWC campus this month.