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‘Water Day’ music and art festival coming to Inez
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Tourism is joining with Austin Shuck’s Appalachian Pioneer Program to bring a mural to downtown Inez and kick it off with a “Water Day” music and art festival in mid-May. Tourism chairperson Nita Collier said in a Tourism Commission meeting Monday that she had been working…
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Appalachian Pioneer Program raises money for flood relief
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN ASHLAND — Austin Shuck and his nonprofit Appalachian Pioneer Program have raised over $16,000 for flood relief by holding benefit concerts around central and eastern Kentucky. A special benefit taping of Shuck’s podcast “What the Shuck” brought local acts to the Paramount Arts Center stage Aug. 17. Austin Shuck is a…