Chad Reich, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

Author: Chad Reich

Brett Hill attended Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau first American show at a small bar in Athens, Ohio, in March 2019, which was the start of a music collaboration that has now reached across an ocean during a global pandemic. Photo: Char Reich/100 Days in Appalachia

Slavalachia: The New Music Tradition Uniting Across an Ocean, a Pandemic and a Revolution

by Chad Reich on April 20, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau was in Chicago in March of 2019 on a U.S. tour presenting folk art and music from his eastern European home. Nadzeya Ilkevich, then a second-year graduate student at Ohio University, caught wind and lured her friend and fellow countryman to Athens, Ohio – […]

Future of coal

As Coal Declines, AML Pilot Economic Development Program Faces Uncertain Future

by Chad Reich on November 11, 2020 Comments are Disabled

For the past four years, the Abandoned Mine Land Fund has been expanded to support restoration that helps economic development. But funding for the program is tied to current coal production, and that stream is starting to dry up. A Home-Run for an Ohio Community In 2009, Wellston, Ohio, was […]

Appalachian Food

‘Passing the Paddle’: Southeast Ohio’s Bean-Dinner Tradition Marches On

by Chad Reich on August 24, 2020 Comments are Disabled

A decade after the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic started enticing veterans to gather for beans, hardtack and coffee. In southeast Ohio, the beans are still boiling, and so is the debate over which bean dinner is the oldest. For the past 47 years, Gary and Bob […]