SHEW BUDDY! is a project of Higher Ground, a community arts program in Harlan County, Kentucky. Over its fifteen year history Higher Ground has created numerous photography exhibits and tile mosaics and created five original community plays. Each of these projects rely heavily on oral histories gathered in Harlan County and told by Harlan Countians. SHEW BUDDY! uses the Higher Ground model to tell stories about a specific topic. Each half hour episode includes monologues and dialogues from past plays, oral history interviews, poetry readings and music. For more information on SHEW BUDDY! and Higher Ground, visit www.highergroundinharlan.com
Appalachian people are known story tellers and many of their stories focus on the supernatural. In this extra spooky episode you'll hear stories about...
Patriotism is an important part of Appalachian culture. Appalachian people serve and die at much higher rates that the national average. This episode ...
The stories in this episode were inspired by Dot, a character from Higher Ground's Find a Way. Dot is an innovator, a listener, a young person passion...
Many grandparents are forced by circumstance to fill in for absent parents. Others fill the role of friend and confidant. Even more stories about gran...