Program at the Dry Ridge Museum on Tuesday features Dr. Betty Smith. Details:

Friends of the Weaverville Library and Dry Ridge Museum, in conjunction with the “Road Scholars” program of the North Carolina Humanities Council, proudly present:Award winning author and performer, Dr. Betty Smith, showcasing Jane Hicks Gentry, most prolific writer of ballads, songs, stories and riddles of the southern mountains.

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Community Room (enter through museum on lower level of Weaverville Library (41 North Main Street ).)
No charge; refreshments following program

For more information contact Jill Totman, 250-6482 or Jan Lawrence, 658-3934

August 2009 events at the Weaverville Library (41 North Main Street ).  For information on these or any other program at the Weaverville Library, call the library at 250-6482 or email weaverville.library@buncombecounty.org.

Weaverville Evening Book Club
Tuesday, August 4, 7 p.m.
The book to be discussed is “Blue Highways” by William Least Heat Moon. All interested readers are welcome to attend.

Weaverville Afternoon Book Club
Wednesday, August 5, 12:30 p.m.
The book to be discussed it this year’s Together We Read selection, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver. All interested readers are welcome to attend

The Life and Times of Jane Hicks Gentry by Betty Smith
Tuesday, August 11, 7 p.m.
Local ballad singer, historian and author Betty Smith will present a program at the Weaverville Library on Tuesday, August 11 at 7 p.m. on the life and times of famous Madison County resident Jane Hicks Gentry.  The program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Weaverville Library and the Dry Ridge Museum as part of the North Carolina Humanities Lecture series.

Job Search Strategies
Tuesday, August 18, 6 p.m.
Ellen Westbrook of Mountain Area Joblink will present a program at the Weaverville Library on Tuesday, August 18 at 6 p.m. on job search strategies.  Need to polish up your resume?  Need help accessing job information on the internet?  Come and get lots of tips!

Albert Weaver III will be at the Dry Ridge Museum (in the lower level of the library, 41 North Main Street ) 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 11, signing copies of his book “Didn’t Say Kiss My Ass, Go To Hell, ‘Er Nuttin’ Else, Jus’ Up’n Left”.  Net proceeds from sales will be used to fund an Endowed Scholarship at Mars Hill College.

Author Rick Russell will be at the Dry Ridge Museum on Saturday, August 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Russell will be signing copies of his latest book, Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information call Jan Lawrence at 658-3934. The Dry Ridge Museum is located in the lower level of the Weaverville Library, 41 North Main Street.

The Dry Ridge Historical Museum is presenting a program from 11 a.m.-Noon on Saturday, July 26 at the museum (41 North Main Street, located in the lower level of the Weaverville Library). Here’s the details:

The Dry Ridge Historical Museum presents father and daughter Hugh & Regina Hamilton in

“An Historical Perspective: The Harens of The Reems Creek Township.
The Sixth and Seventh Generations on the Same Land”

Saturday, July 26
11 a.m.-Noon
Dry Ridge Museum
Lower Level of the Weaverville Library

Light refreshments will be available.

For information, call Jan Lawrence at 658-3934.