Word from the Smokies

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BY FRANCES FIGART

Smokies Life celebrates trees and their stories

Have you ever tried to count the number of branches on a tree? One limb leads to many appendages from which grow several more, each with its own shape, size and direction. The prospect of keeping them sorted long enough to perform an accurate count presents a nigh-impossible task.

It might seem easier to count the number of trees on an acre of terrain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But due to the vertical nature of the land and the myriad sizes and species of trees in a healthy ecosystem, even that would prove to be a difficult feat for all but the most intrepid treefocused humans.

The stories that can be told about the Smokies — tales involving the natural and cultural history both before and after this place became the most-visited national park — are just as impossible to count as tree branches or individual trees.

When I took my job as the creative services director for nonprofit park partner Great Smoky Mountains Association a little more than five years ago, I inherited a magazine to edit — the fourth in my career. Smokies Life was the brainchild of my storytelling predecessor, Steve Kemp, who began to publish the biannual journal in 2007.

Kemp had worked in Yellowstone and Denali national parks before arriving in the Smokies, where he would spend 30 years directing creative work and publishing books, brochures and magazines to interpret the park’s countless resources. His titles include “Trees of the Smokies, Great Smoky Mountains: A Visual Journey,” and “We’re Going to the Mountains.” The park’s Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency, managed by GSMA, is named in his honor.

Kemp planted the seed, nourished the roots, and soon Smokies Life sprouted up and became the premier benefit for GSMA’s members, who receive a new large-format, full-color issue brimming with stories each spring and fall. These 29,000 subscribers align themselves with the Smokies and already know a great deal about the park. They are those bold champions of this mountainous region who seek to increase the breadth and depth of their knowledge of all things Smokies. Reading this magazine allows them to imagine diving like the native brook trout to the deepest creek beds and soaring like the bald eagle to the highest ridges.

Those highest Smokies ridges are one of the few places in the United States that still harbor ancient trees. “One of the most compelling reasons for creating the park was to save the Smokies’ dwindling old-growth forest,” Kemp points out in the recently released fall issue’s cover story, “The Last Best Wildwoods.”

It’s a story well worth reading, and accolades have been floating in via email to both Kemp and me. One of the important takeaways is that second-growth forest — all we have left in many places — is just as critical to conserve as the rare first-growth.

“While no comprehensive apples-toapples comparison of old-growth biodiversity to second-growth biodiversity in the Smokies has ever been completed, it’s apparent that both types of forests offer attractive habitats for different cadres of species,” Kemp writes. “The presence of both younger and more mature forests is therefore a contributor to the park’s overall biodiversity.”

My editor’s column for this issue gives a nod not only to Kemp but to Smokies resident Richard Powers, who wrote in his Pulitzer Prize-winning magnum opus, The Overstory: “Trees have long been trying to reach us. But they speak on frequencies too low for people to hear.”

Perhaps, just maybe, some of us are beginning to cultivate an ear for the stories trees have to tell. Fortunately for me, Smokies Life’s very development has been like that of a tree. Kemp formed the trunk of this publication onto which limbs began to grow, and upon them, in turn, many branches. When it was placed in my care, I asked Kemp to continue to write for the journal — and so he forms new branches on the tree with each issue.

Our national park is full of stories, from the history of the people who once lived here to the incredible biodiversity of plants, animals and lifeforms. Smokies Life was created as a forum for sharing some of the best of these Smokies stories. It is my great joy to facilitate the work of the many quality writers, photographers, designers, illustrators, and editors who bring these stories to life for our audience — and who allow nature to teach the great benefits of collaboration.

Smokies Life is available in the GSMArun visitor center bookstores in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and also at visitor centers outside the park in Gatlinburg and Townsend, Tennessee, and Bryson City, North Carolina. Visit SmokiesInformation.org to become a member of the association and receive the magazine in the mail. (Frances Figart (rhymes with Tiger) is the editor of Smokies Life and the Creative Services

Director for the 29,000-member Great Smoky

Mountains Association, an educational nonprofit partner of Great Smoky Mountains

National Park. Reach her at frances@gsmassoc.org.)

A single oldgrowth tree can provide habitat for hundreds of species of insects and dozens of fungi, slime molds, mosses, ferns, and lichens like this lungwort.

Michele Sons photos

Steve Kemp worked as interpretive products and services director for Great Smoky Mountains Association for 30 years and began to publish the biannual journal Smokies Life in 2007.

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Offering attractive habitats for all kinds of species such as this millipede, second-growth forest is just as important to conserve as old-growth.

COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Cowee School Farmer’s Market is held Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m., at 51 Cowee School Drive in Franklin. The market has produce, plant starts, eggs, baked goods, flowers, food trucks and music. For more information or for an application, visit www.coweeschool.org or call 828.369.4080. • “Art After Dark” will be held from 6-9 p.m. each first Friday of the month (May-December) in downtown Waynesville. For more information, go to facebook.com/galleriesofhaywoodcounty.

• Dillsboro Lights and Luminaries will take place 5-9 p.m. Dec. 2-3 and 9-10. There will be live music, visits with Santa, shops and restaurants open late, and free old-fashioned buggy rides. • Santa will be in town 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Cullowhee Rec Park Pavilion. Bring your Christmas list for Santa and get a picture with him. For more information contact Joe Lyon at joelyon@jacksonnc.org or 828.293.3053. • Holidays at the University Center will take place 4-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at the AK Hinds University Center at WCU. Build a buddy, custom mug, hot cocoa ornaments and Santa paws. Get a holiday pass for $15. For more information visit dcc.wcu.edu. • Smoky Mountain Christmas Light Spectacular will take place 6-10 p.m. Nov. 10-Dec. 31, at the Great Smoky Mountain Event Park. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays in November, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. BrysonCityChristman.com

BUSINESS & EDUCATION

• A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Health Sciences Education Building will be held at Haywood Community College 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29. • NCWorks Job Search Assistance will be held 1:15-4:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, at the Waynesville Branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Receive help with your job search, resume-writing, and more. No appointment necessary. For more information, call 828.456.6061 or visit ncworks.gov.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS

• New blankets can be dropped off at the Mountain Projects Office, 2177 Asheville Road in Waynesville, or online purchases can be shipped directly to the agency through Dec. 23, for the annual Blanket Drive. Financial contributions towards winter heating bills can be made online at mountainprojects.org/giving or checks can be sent by mail. Annotate checks with “Winter Warmth.” • This holiday season the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is hosting its 6th annual “Stuff the Stockings” for more than 120 animals currently in its care. For more information visit chhumanesociety.org or call the shelter and adoption center at 828.743.5752.

CLUBS AND MEETINGS

• Indivisible Swain County will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, via Zoom. All are welcome. For more information email maryherr2017@gmail.com or call 828.497.9498. • The Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society will hold its Holiday Party, “Mountain Holiday Traditions” at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1, at the Swain County Regional Business Education and Training Center, 45 East Ridge Drive, in Bryson City. • The Canton Branch Creative Writing Group meets 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. For more information, email Jennifer at jennifer.stuart@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2561.

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KIDS & FAMILIES

• ecoEXPLORE: Mammalogy will take place 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Canton Branch of the Haywood County Library. Get an up-close encounter with animal artifacts, like tracks, scat, and fur samples in this program about mammals in Western North Carolina. Ideal for all ages. For more information or to register, contact Ashlyn at ashlyn.godleski@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2567. • Move and Groove Storytime takes place 10:30-11 a.m. every Thursday, at the Canton branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Exciting, interactive music and movement story time ideal for children 2-6 years old. For more information contact Ashlyn at ashlyn.godleski@haywoodcountync.gov or at 828.356.2567. • Mother Goose Storytime takes place 10:30-11 a.m. every Wednesday, at the Waynesville branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Ideal for children from birth to 2 years old. For more information, contact Lisa at lisa.hartzell@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2511. • Wiggle Worms Storytime takes place 10:30-11 a.m. every Tuesday, at the Waynesville branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Ideal for children 2-6 years old. For more information contact Lisa at lisa.hartzell@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2511. • Next Chapter Book Club Haywood is a fun, energetic and highly interactive book club, ideal for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The group meets every second and fourth Monday of the month. For more information, email Jennifer at jennifer.stuart@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2561. • Storytime takes place at 10 a.m. every Tuesday at the Macon County Library. For more information visit fontanalib.org or call 828.524.3600. • Toddler’s Rock takes place at 10 a.m. every Monday at the Macon County Library. Get ready to rock with songs, books, rhymes and playing with instruments. For more information visit fontanalib.org or call 828.524.3600.

FOODAND DRINK

• BBQ and Live Music takes place at 6 p.m. every Saturday at the Meadowlark Motel. Call 828.926.1717 or visit meadowlarkmotel.com. • “Flights & Bites” will be held starting at 4 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays at Bosu’s Wine Shop in downtown Waynesville. For more information on upcoming events, wine tastings and special dinners, click on waynesvillewine.com. • A free wine tasting will be held from 6-8 p.m. every Thursday and 2-5 p.m. every Saturday at The Wine Bar & Cellar in Sylva. 828.631.3075. • Take a trip around the world with four different wines every Friday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday 11a.m.-6 p.m. at the Bryson City Wine Market. Pick from artisan Charcuterie Foods to enjoy with wines. 828.538.0420 • Cooking classes take place at the McKinley Edwards Inn from 6-8:30 p.m. on Thursday nights. To reserve your spot call 828.488.9626.

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A&E • Learn the basics of reed weaving and create a festive reindeer decoration 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Waynesville Branch of the Haywood County Public Library. All materials provided. For more information, or to register, contact Kathy at kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2507. • Haywood Choral Society will perform Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living,” in addition to other traditional and contemporary holiday pieces at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Waynesville First United Methodist Church. Free, donations are welcome. For more information, visit haywoodchoralsociety.org. • Storytelling with Gary Garden will take place 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the meeting room of the Macon County Public Library. • “And Still We Dance,” a story of Cherokee resilience through 22 paintings tracing the history of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is on display Nov. 9-30, in the Harrell Center at Lake Junaluska. JodyBradleyArt@gmail.com. • Karaoke takes place at 7 p.m. every Friday at the Meadowlark Motel in Maggie Valley. Call 828.926.1717 or visit meadowlarkmotel.com. • Paint and Sip at Waynesville Art School will be held every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7-9:30 p.m. To learn more and register call 828.246.9869 or visit PaintAndSipWaynesville.com/upcoming-events. Registration is required, $45. • Mountain Makers Craft Market will be held from noon-4 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at 308 North Haywood St. in downtown Waynesville. Over two dozen artisans selling handmade and vintage goods. Special events will be held when scheduled. mountainmakersmarket.com. • Watercolor Class will take place 1-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the Canton Branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Learn watercolor techniques with artist Joan Doyle. For more information or to register, contact Jennifer at jennifer.stuart@haywoodcountync.gov. • “Spice It Up!” a monthly spice celebration series will take 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Waynesville Branch of the Haywood County Public Library. This month learn about Szechuan Peppercorns. Attendees will receive spice sample and will be taste testing. For more information, or to register, contact Kathy at kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2507. • Greenies Art Hour will take place 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Canton Branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Ideal for adults with disabilities. For more information or to register contact jennifer.stuart@haywoodcountync.gov or call 828.356.2561. • Community dance classes for all levels and ages will take place this fall, September through November at the Wortham Center for Performing Arts. For more information and tickets visit stewartowendance.com/classes or worthamarts.org/classes. • Chess 101 takes place from 3:30-4:30 p.m. every Friday in the Canton Branch of the Haywood County Public Library. No registration required, for more information call 828.648.2924. • Wired Wednesday, one-on-one technology help is available at 3-5 p.m. every Wednesday at the Canton Branch of the Haywood County Library. For more information or to register, call 828.648.2924. • Uptown Gallery, 30 East Main St. Franklin, will be offering Children’s Art Classes Wednesdays afternoons. Adult workshops in watercolor, acrylic paint pouring, encaustic and glass fusing are also offered. Free painting is available 10 a.m.-3 p.m. every Monday in the classroom. A membership meeting takes place on the second Sunday of the month at 3 p.m. All are welcome. Call 828.349.4607 for more information.

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ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES

• “Thursday Painters” group will be held from 10 a.m.3 p.m. on Thursdays at The Uptown Gallery in Franklin. Free and open to the public. All skill levels and mediums are welcome. Participants are responsible for their own project and a bag lunch. 828.349.4607 or pm14034@yahoo.com.

Outdoors

• Hike Panthertown at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 23. The group will meet at the Cullowhee Recreation Center and head up to the trailhead for a hike of 4-6 miles. Cost is $5, with children under 18 accompanied by a parent. Open to ages 10 and up. Register at jcprd.recdesk.com/community/program. Contact Trevor Brown with questions at 828.293.3053, ext. 9, or email trevorbrown@jacksonnc.org. • The No Man’s Land Film Festival, an all-woman adventure film festival, will screen at New Belgium Brewing’s Liquid Center in Asheville at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, and it will also stream online. Free, with donations to MountainTrue encouraged. Register for the virtual event at www.mountaintrue.org/nmlff2022. No sign-up required for in-person attendees. • Old Saint Nick will visit Chimney Rock State Park in Rutherford County 8-11 a.m. Saturdays, Dec. 3 and 10, practicing his chimney-climbing game on the iconic rock as Christmas festivities abound. The event is free with park admission. • The Haywood Waterways Association’s annual membership dinner will take place 5:45-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Lambuth Inn at Lake Junaluska. Dinner is $25 per person, with a registration deadline of Thursday, Dec. 1. RSVP to Christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 828.476.4667, ext. 1. • Tickets are now on sale for Winter Lights, an open-air walk-through light show of more than 1 million lights running Nov. 18-Dec. 31 at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville. Ticket prices range from $30 to $60 per car depending on the date and entry time, with members receiving a $5 discount. Flex tickets are $75. For more information or to reserve tickets, visit ncarboretum.org/winter-lights.

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