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Rabies is a frightening disease, and with the warm winter and early spring, the chance for exposure is extended this year. Pam Bunch talks to Sue Ellen Morrison, the Communicable Disease Outreach Manager for the Buncombe County Department of Health.  Morrison discusses the 4 ways to avoid post-exposure shots. These are things which everyone should know in order to stay safe and avoid the pain and expense of rabies shots and vaccinations.

www.BuncombeCounty.org

My husband and I started listening to WNCW while channel surfing in the upstate of South Carolina. We love the bluegrass music and have stayed listening for the other styles of music. Even though we live in Columbia, South Carolina, we always tune in to WNCW as soon as we can on I-26. We've even found that we can get the station all the way to Newberry, South Carolina.

We wish we had a station like this in Columbia, but it makes our trips to the mountains special.

- Rebecca

Pisgah Forest Pottery was started by Walter B. Stephen early in the last century, but potter Rodney Leftwich says it is a vital piece of Western North Carolina's artistic tradition that most of us don't know about.  Pam Bunch spoke with Leftwich about a celebration coming up this week that is all about educating people about this piece of history and finding a way to save the site for the future.

Stina Sieg speaks with Steve Lloyd, the executive director of Haywood Arts Regional Theatre, about HART's latest musical. "La Cage aux Folles" is currently enjoying its first run in WNC thanks to HART, something that Lloyd couldn't have imagined even 10 years ago. Lloyd talks about how "La Cage's" subject matter (involving gay parents) has gone over better than he thought it would in Waynesville, where HART is based.

When Asheville-based dry stone mason and artist Marc Archambault was approached to do a memorial for a well known local doctor, hiker and scout leader, he agreed. Gwenda Ledbetter contacted Archambault to construct a cairn in honor of her husband, John Winslow Ledetter.  But after seeing the site and further discussion, the two decided to go another way. Pam Bunch talks to Archambault about the memorial mosaic and how it made him feel to do such a personal piece.

Sarah Jarosz will come to WNCW's Air Studio this Friday afternoon for a live interview. 

Earlier this year, she released Follow Me Down, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album.  Sarah recently played at Jazz Fest in May, Bonnaroo in June, and just wrapped up a tour with Vince Gill.  She has also spent time this summer teaching at the Mark O'Connor/Berklee Summer String Program.

Listen on Friday afternoon for this interview with Sarah.  To listen online, click here.

Bela Fleck: one of the most innovative musicians we know…Happy Birthday from WNCW!

I have listened to WNCW for about as long as it's been on the air. I had listened to the lower end of the dial due to not really liking radio "personalities", their corny rambling and lack of musical knowledge. Once I found WNCW, it has not been changed on my truck radio. I do admit listening to WWOZ out of New Orleans online frequently when I first come home from work, but given the choice, WNCW is by far the best. Thank You.

- Michael Hartwig

Pam Bunch talks to the author of a new mystery/thriller series, Alex Grecian, about 'The Yard', set in the late 1800's - post Jack the Ripper - era of London. The story is centered around the new 'Murder Squad' working out of Scotland Yard, and is based on the first 12 members of that squad. It's murder and mayhem in London, circa 1880's.

www.AlexGrecian.com