HindmanCast

This week the Troublesome boys are joined by Chef, Restauranteur, and HSS Board Member, Ouita Michel to discuss her journey into becoming a chef and the establishment of her family of restaurants, the release of her new book, Just A Few Miles South, and all things that are "dank." You'll also discover Ouita's hobbies and favorite foods. 

Facebook Handles
Ouita- @ouita.michel
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool


Announcements

Our Pick & Bow variety show will be broadcast live on the Hindman Settlement School Facebook page at 5pm on April 30th. For the past 12 weeks, students from Knott and surrounding counties have been learning how to play the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, dulcimer, and ukulele. Come cheer them on and help us celebrate everything they've accomplished this semester! 

Opening day for the Knott County Farmer’s Market is coming up on May 18th and will run from 4:00-6:00pm.

Donor Recognition & Gratitude
The Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation 

Paulette Anderson 

Hillary Davies 

On this episode, Jordan and Corey are joined by local, brother and sister tag team farmers, Rebecka and Travis Fugate of Good For Your Heart Farms. Hear their story, which is sure to bring goodness to your heart, about growing up in Knott County, Travis' military service, and their journey into farming inspired by a mother seeking to provide healthy food for her son's heart condition.

Facebook Handles
Rebecka- @rebecka.fugate
Travis- @travis.fugate.94
Farm- @goodforyourheartfarms
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool

Travis' YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-4C0eOSotsnLUS4YTk43zw

Announcements

Our next class for The Makery will begin on May 3rd, Introduction to Writing Speculative Fiction with Ashley Blooms. Sign up at Hindman.org/themakery 

We are collaborating with the Appalachian Artisan Center to put together an art show we are calling "Common Threads". This intergenerational gallery show will feature pieces handcrafted by 6th thru 12th grade students enrolled in our virtual embroidery and knitting & crocheting classes as well as work from local and regional fiber artists. Common Threads is on display at the Appalachian Artisan Center from April 30th thru May 22nd. 

Our Pick & Bow variety show will be broadcast live on the Hindman Settlement School Facebook page at 5pm on April 28th. For the past 12 weeks, students from Knott and surrounding counties have been learning how to play the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, dulcimer, and ukulele. Come cheer them on and help us celebrate everything they've accomplished this semester! 

 Donor Recognition & Gratitude
Jonathan Dayton Chapter NSDAR 

Rita Cochran 

Ruth Hawkins 

On this episode of the HindmanCast, the Troublesome Boys are joined by long time Hindman Settlement School Folks Arts Education Director, Randy Wilson, to discuss his decades of teaching folks arts to students in Knott and surrounding counties, his relationship and work with author James Still, among various other topics. Randy closes out the podcast by playing a song!

Facebook Handles
Randy - @rwilsonbanjo
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool

Randy's YouTube Channel 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR3jo4527PtFz0o2Cr-6yFw

Announcements
Our next Agrilachia will be on April 8th at 7:00pm with Alan Muskat. He will be talking about foraging and in particular morels and ramps

Quilts created by 6th through 12th grade students in our virtual afterschool quilt class will be on display at the Appalachian Artisan Center from April 9th through the 24th as part of their ongoing quilt in their gallery. 

 We are also collaborating with the Appalachian Artisan Center to put together an art show we are calling "Common Threads". This intergenerational gallery show will feature pieces handcrafted by 6th thru 12th grade students enrolled in our virtual embroidery and knitting & crocheting classes as well as work from local and regional fiber artists. Common Threads is on display at the Appalachian Artisan Center from April 30th thru May 22nd. 

 Our Pick & Bow variety show will be broadcast live on the Hindman Settlement School Facebook page at 5pm on April 28th. For the past 12 weeks, students from Knott and surrounding counties have been learning how to play the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, dulcimer, and ukulele. Come cheer them on and help us celebrate everything they've accomplished this semester! 

 Call for donations: We will be teaching a variety of art classes as part of our 5-week Dyslexia Summer School. Students will be learning how to take photographs, paint & draw, tell traditional Appalachian stories and lots more! If you'd like to help us out, visit our Amazon wishlist and donate some of the art supplies will be handing out to students! 

 Donor Recognition & Gratitude

Marianne Worthington 

Rose Ann Goss 

Georgia State Society of DAR $2277 presented at the school’s luncheon 

Texas State Society DAR donated $5,000 and also funds to donate items that were swept away during our recent flooding. 

This week the Troublesome Boys are joined by Hindman Settlement School ReadingCorps tutors, Polly Thornsberry and Joseph Rau. Polly and Joseph give us a look at their life and what brought them to HSS, stories from their experience being a tutor, and what their response would be if they found hair in their food, among many other "lightning round" questions.

Facebook Handles
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool

Announcements
Agrilachia - March 25th, 2021 with Bill Goodman "Beans, Biscuits, Family, and Friends"

The Makery- April 4th- Re-cognition & Re-vision: Pushing the Boundaries of Poems with Nickole Brown. Register at www.hindman.org/themakery

Donor Recognition
Stoney Creek Chapter of DAR 
Elbert and Nancy Hampton 
Cynthia King 

On this episode the Troublesome Boys are in the hot seat! Stacie Fugate and Billy Devericks from the Holler Back! Podcast from the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center, sit down with Jordan Corey to discuss the origins of the HindmanCast, what brought them and drives them to work in Appalachia, and about the role and work of the Hindman Settlement School. 

Check out the Holler Back! Podcast at 
https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/holler-back-podcast

Facebook Handles 
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry 
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool 

On this episode of the HindmanCast, the Troublesome Boys sit down with Cassie Mullins Moses, the daughter of former Hindman Settlement School Executive Director, Mike Mullins, to discuss his legacy and his years of service to Hindman. She also shares plenty of stories about what it was like growing up at the Settlement.


Due to technical difficulties with the internet and recording equipment, the audio for this episode is a bit rough. 

This week the Troublesome Boys were joined via Zoom with Appalachian author, Silas House to discuss the upcoming 44th Annual Appalachian Writer's Workshop at the Hindman Settlement School. We discussed his "origin story" with the Workshop and what it has been to him and his writing career and what the Workshop has done for the Appalachian Writer's Community. He also shared with us his advice for Writer's attending this years workshop and fills us in on all the details of this year's workshop.

Facebook Handles
@SilasHouseOfficial
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool

Announcements
 Our next Agrilachia class will be livestreamed on our Facebook page on February 25th at 7:00pm on the topic of Seed Saving. 

 Our virtual Pick & Bow Mountain Music Education program is still accepting registrations. Any 4th-12th grade student from Knott or Floyd county can take free guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, or ukulele lessons. Lessons began the last week of January and continue through April. Students are welcome to join any time. Register at hindman.org and click on "Events"

 Our Common Threads textile program is gearing up for the semester. We are offering 3 virtual textile classes, free and open to 6th-12th graders in Knott county. Our quilting class is already full, but we are also offering a class on Needlework (knitting and crocheting) as well as a class on Embroidery. Students will receive a kit of all the materials you'll need to complete the projects, free of charge. These classes begin the last week of February so sign up soon!

Registration for the 44th Annual Appalachian Writer’s Workshop is now open. You can register online at hindman.org/workshop

Registration for Spring 2021 Intensive Courses through The Makery is now open. Check out this semesters course offerings and register at Hindman.org/themakery

On this episode of the HindmanCast, the Troublesome Boys sit down with Hindman Settlement School program staff, Sarah Kate Morgan and Jason Brashear, to have a briefing about our plans, hopes, and dreams for our work in 2021.  Interspersed throughout the episode is various topics ranging from vaccines, parkour, planking, JNCO jeans, HSS stories, and a lengthy discussion on our memories of all of the wonderful meals we have had at HSS events through the years.

Facebook Handles
Sarah Kate- @sarahmorganmusic
Jason- jason.brashear1
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool

Announcements
-Pick & Bow Registration Open-  Lessons begin January 27th
https://hindman.org/events/pickandbow/

Common Threads Registration
https://hindman.org/events/commonthreads/
Quilting- Registration closes January 22nd
Embroidery & Needle Work- Registration Opens February 1st

Grow Appalachia Registration Open
https://hindman.org/events/growappalachia/

Agrilachia - January 28th with Ronni Lundy


Donor Recognition

Donors who have contributed to our Winter Appeal. Thank you!

Becky Elam, who came in with solid support from our Amazon Wish List 

And so can you! https://a.co/bYMnUDd

On this episode of the HindmanCast, the Troublesome Boys travel to Lexington, with special guest host, Josh Mullins, to meet with NSDAR Junior Membership Chair, Jean Ellen Melton. They  discuss the all of the happenings and initiatives of our faithful supporters, the Daughters of the American Revolution and  their relationship with the Hindman Settlement School, as well as ways to get involved in supporting both the DAR and the Hindman Settlement School.

Facebook Handles
JeanEllen- @jehitermelton
Josh- @jsmullins
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool

Announcements
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Donor Recognition
Thank you to those who donated on in recent weeks: 
Patrick and Alicia Conley 
Nana Lampton 

Berea College Appalachian Fund - $38,000 Grant for our Dyslexia Program

In this episode the Troublesome Boys sit down with Mandi Fugate Sheffel, owner of the Read Spotted Newt bookstore in Hazard, Kentucky.  Hear her story of how attending the Appalachian Writer's Workshop at Hindman Settlement School inspired her to start a local independent bookstore for Appalachian authors.

Facebook Handles
Mandi- @mandi.fugate.5
Jordan- @jordancollins
Corey - @coreydterry
@hindmancast
@hindmanschool

Podcast Sponsor
Read Spotted Newt - @readspottednewt
www.bookshop.org/shop/readspottednewt
Or visit them in their store at 221 Memorial Drive Hazard, KY.

Books & Resources Mentioned
Clays Quilt by Silas House
Trampoline by Robert Gipe
Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
A Heavy Metal Christmas by Christopher Lee =)

Announcements
2020 Holiday Gift Boxes & Fruitcake now available on our store!
www.hindman.org/shop

Donor Recognition
Thank you to those who donated on Giving Tuesday, including Jim Bell, Valerie Bartley, and Ola Pigman

 Kennedy Center contract for $10,000 to provide artist residences for our dyslexia program.