Appalshop

06/18/2026

🔔 Levitt AMP is at our solar pavilion this evening!

On the up side this weather is good for a drought. On the better side, the show goes on! Just in a different place. Market on the bridge, food trucks and more. Bring your chair!

06/18/2026

Meet Samantha. A transgender woman who works as a maid so she can continue to live in her home of Harlan County, Kentucky.

Learn more about Samantha, her experience working in Appalachia, and her hopes for the future in our new film "Q***r Jobs" by Nik Lee, premiering at an in-person film screening on June 26th @ 8:30PM at the Appalshop Solar Pavilion in downtown Whitesburg.

📷: screenshots from Q***r Jobs, by Nik Lee.

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06/18/2026

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album from our record label, June Appal!

June's pick is "Uncle Charlie Osborne: The June Appal Recordings" by Uncle Charlie Osborne.

Charles Nelson Osborne, affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie," was a musician from southwest Virginia who was regionally famous from the age of 15 until his passing at age 101 in 1992. Charlie had a unique way of playing the fiddle—using a right-handed instrument but playing with his left hand. He and his brother, Emmett Osborne, were contemporaries of country music founders Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. On one occasion, Johnny Cash was even Uncle Charlie's opening act! He released two original albums with June Appal—"Relics and Treasure" in 1985 and "One Hundred Years Farther On" in 1991. These recordings were remastered and reissued to create "The June Appal Recordings" in 2008.

Listen and download the album for your own price: https://loom.ly/L5Ybx6w

🎵: "Uncle Charlie Osborne: The June Appal Recordings," Charles "Uncle Charlie" Osborne, June Appal Records, 2008.

06/18/2026

There are real & dangerous consequences to whitewashing our region.

William R. "Pictureman" Mullins, who photographed black, white, indigenous, & immigrant Appalachians in Virginia and Kentucky from 1935-55, shows our WHOLE history.

📸c. 1940s, William Mullins, Appalshop Archive preserved

06/17/2026

A little glimpse into our newest Appalshop film, Q***r Jobs, by Nik Lee! 🏳️‍🌈

Want to see more? Join us on June 26th @ 8:30 PM at the Appalshop Solar Pavilion for the premiere screening! All are welcome, and we hope you'll come join us!

📷: Appalshop, "Q***r Jobs," Nik Lee, 2026.

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06/16/2026

📻 Real People Radio made by YOU! Become a volunteer DJ at WMMT 88.7FM! 🌟

WMMT invites ALL experience levels and ALL music lovers, content creators, and community members to join them on the airwaves in their 40 year legacy of preserving and broadcasting our mountain heritage.

The radio schedules are filling up, but they'd love to find room for you to join us! Open slots are first come, first served. Please fill out this survey to let them know you're interested: https://loom.ly/kmDK1Zs

DJ trainings are available on:
🎙️ Sunday, July 19th @ 3:00pm + a cookout and mixer with former & current DJs!
🎙️ Thursday, July 16th @ 6:30pm on Zoom
🎙️ Tuesday, July 21st @ 6:30pm on Zoom
(You only need to attend one!)

06/16/2026

Our AMI program is proud to have an impressive collection of youth-produced films exploring LGBTQ+ life and experiences in Appalachia, featuring stories captured between 1999 and 2025.

Check out the collection today on the Appalshop YouTube page: https://loom.ly/MDNfJA4

06/16/2026

Meet Macie. A Perry County native who identifies as nonbinary and works two odd jobs to afford an education in Lexington.

Learn more about Macie, their experience working in Appalachia, and their hopes for the future in our new film "Q***r Jobs" by Nik Lee, premiering at an in-person film screening on June 26th @ 8:30PM at the Appalshop Solar Pavilion in downtown Whitesburg.

📷: screenshots from Q***r Jobs, by Nik Lee.

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06/15/2026

A new Appalshop film is coming this month! 🌟

In a landscape where blue collar jobs are the norm, odd jobs are becoming a life raft to LGBTQ+ Appalachians who want to survive the region's economy. The film "Q***r Jobs" by Nik Lee centers on two young women—one a transgender woman and one who identifies as nonbinary—working customer service and hospitality jobs to afford basic necessities, like housing and education. Both women detail the benefits and challenges of working odd jobs in the region and what their dreams for the future look like.

Please join us on June 26th @ 8:30 PM at the Appalshop Solar Pavilion for the premiere screening of Q***r Jobs! All are welcome!

***r ***rJobs

06/15/2026

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album from our record label, June Appal!

June's pick is "Uncle Charlie Osborne: The June Appal Recordings" by Uncle Charlie Osborne.

Charles Nelson Osborne, affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie," was a musician from southwest Virginia who was regionally famous from the age of 15 until his passing at age 101 in 1992. Charlie had a unique way of playing the fiddle—using a right-handed instrument but playing with his left hand. He and his brother, Emmett Osborne, were contemporaries of country music founders Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. On one occasion, Johnny Cash was even Uncle Charlie's opening act! He released two original albums with June Appal—"Relics and Treasure" in 1985 and "One Hundred Years Farther On" in 1991. These recordings were remastered and reissued to created "The June Appal Recordings" in 2008.

Listen and download the album for your own price: https://loom.ly/L5Ybx6w

🎵: "Uncle Charlie Osborne: The June Appal Recordings," Charles "Uncle Charlie" Osborne, June Appal Records, 2008.