Inside Appalachia Folkways Reporting Corps Project

A Ukrainian Church In Wheeling Is Preserving Heritage Through The Making Of Pierogies

Just about every culture has some version of the dumpling. China has the wonton. They make ravioli in Italy. Different forms of dumplings have made their way into Appalachia and that includes pierogies from eastern Europe, which arrived more than a century ago. Folkways Reporter Will Warren went to Wheeling, West Virginia for a story about neighborhood pierogi makers.

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Wild About Weeds

Dede Styles in North Carolina uses common roadside plants to make natural dyes for fabrics. She teaches the craft, but it’s also part of a bigger mission for Styles. Folkways Reporter Rebecca Williams brings us this story.

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Discovering The Mental Health Benefits Of Old-Time Music Jams

Human beings have used music to do everything from soothe children to sleep or to fire up crowds during football games, but there are other benefits, too. Folkways Reporter Liz Pahl explored them during an old-time jam session in Athens, Ohio.

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The Rooted East Knoxville Collective Brings New Perspectives To Restorative Foodways Justice 

Across the country, poor and largely Black neighborhoods were bulldozed and replaced with new highways and civic centers in the 20th century. That concept is known as urban renewal — and it tore communities apart. Now, one woman in Knoxville, Tennessee, is using food to try to heal generations of damage in a city neighborhood. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch has more.

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