Sharon Wallen will visit City Lights Bookstore at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9, to present her book, “Hatched: How Nine Little Chicks Cracked My Shell.”

When 92-year-old Charles Stallings decided he wanted to write the story of his life, he did not even have a computer. Instead, he sat down at his table with a pen and began to write longhand.

Lindley Wyatt of the Barkers Creek community recently attended the National FBI Youth Leadership Academy in Raleigh. The all-expenses-paid, invitation-only program focused on leadership qualities and team building within the FBI structure.

Dogwood Crafters offers two new craft workshops in July. Both will be held at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge. To register for a class, call Dogwood Crafters at 586-2248 by the registration deadline.

The 13th annual season of Concerts on the Creek continues on Friday when The Rewind House Band hits the Bridge Park stage in Sylva from 7-9 p.m.

Members of Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association and their dogs met with participants at Jackson County Recreation Center for the Fun 4 Kids Day Camp last Thursday. The dogs shown presented some of the many talents possessed by dogs: certified therapy work, AKC scent work and obedience.

A lecture and demonstration by folk singer and storyteller Lee Knight will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the recital hall of Western Carolina University’s Coulter Building.

Poet and naturalist Brent Martin will present his new book at 6 p.m. today (Thursday) at City Lights Bookstore.

The 13th season of Concerts on the Creek continues from 7-9 p.m. Friday at Bridge Park with an appearance by the Arnold Hill Band.

Bat Cave author Mindi Meltz will visit City Lights Bookstore at 3 p.m. Saturday to present the final book in her After Ever After trilogy, “The Queen’s Rain.

The 13th season of Concerts on the Creek continues Friday with a performance by the Maggie Valley Band from 7-9 p.m. TMVB released their album “The Hardest Thing” in 2018 In 2019, TMVB released the singles, “Silence” and “Something New” under the production of Jantzen Wray.

Circles of Jackson County last month hosted their first online auction fundraiser. Almost all 66 items received a bid.

Tony and Irma Almengual, formerly Irma Diaz, will mark 60 years of marriage on Friday. The couple was married June 10, 1962 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Tampa, Florida.

Three generations of the Brethauer family celebrated their birthdays on the same day, June 1.

These tote bags are available at the Friends of the Library Bookstore for $8. FOTL invites bag owners to take them on adventures this summer, snap pictures and send them to the FOTL Facebook Group to win prizes.

Relationship coach, educator and speaker Terri Crosby will visit City Lights Bookstore at 3 p.m. Saturday. She is the author of “How to Save Your Fourth Marriage” and “100 Words: Small Servings of Whimsy and Wisdom to Calm the Mind and Nourish the Heart.”

The 13th season of Concerts on the Creek continues Friday with a performance by the Robertson Boys from 7-9 p.m.

Workshops at Dogwood Crafters in June include pine needle basket artist Joyce Lantz teaching the weaving technique needed to cover a ring and create a woven design that forms the basis of a pine needle project.

Join City Lights as Jean Hargadon Wehner presents her memoir “Walking with Aletheia” at 3 p.m. Saturday.

As part of the N.C. Department of Transportation Clean Sweep, the Jackson County Keep Our Mountains Clean and Green Litter Task Force held the annual spring litter pickup from April 16-30.

Medal winners in the Smoky Mountain Senior Games held over the past month are listed below. These medal winners qualify for competition in the North Carolina Senior Games State Finals scheduled for the last week of September in Raleigh.

The monthly Creating Community Workshop is at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library.

The Jackson County Recreation Center hosted the annual Jackson County Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 7, a free event for all Jackson County youth.

Mainspring Conservation Trust, Needmore Outdoors and Endless Rivers Adventures are partnering together for a community float trip down the Tuckaseigee River on Thursday, May 26.

The gospel group Cross Anchored of Elkin will be worshiping at two area churches on Sunday.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina launched its biggest recruitment drive of the year May 1, seeking 100 mentors in 30 days. The organization is working to sign up many new Jackson County “Bigs” to have fun with local kids.

The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting for the grand opening of the new Sylva location of El Patron Mexican Restaurant at 86 W. Main St. on Cinco de Mayo, May 5. They will have all of their longtime menu items, plus a few new specials. There are larger seati…

City Lights Bookstore will host a conversation with John Lane and Hal Herzog at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12.

The annual Yerkfest celebration returns at 5 p.m. Saturday at Dillsboro’s Innovation Station to honor the life of Erica Waldrop. Yerkfest is a collaborative event with Quirky Birds Bistro that is curated by Brad Waldrop of Old Dirty Bathtub with music at two locations.

April is National Poetry Month, and Mountain Wordsmiths will celebrate the beauty and significance of poetry at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28, via Zoom.

Dogwood Crafters Co-Op in Dillsboro is offering four craft workshops in May.

Voices in the Laurel is seeking alumni for its 25th anniversary celebration.

Gardening expert Peter Loewer will present his new book, “The Last of the Swindlers” at the Jackson County Public Library at 3 p.m. Saturday.