The Jackson County Public Library is hosting a musical concert featuring The Chris Minick Trio on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room.

This program is free of charge. The Chris Minick Trio is comprised of Chris Minick, guitar, vocals and harmonicas, Greg Kidd, bass and Lee Kram, percussion/drums.

The group is from Waynesville, N.C., in Haywood County and has been together making music for about two and a half years. Chris and Lee first began playing music together around eight years ago.

The 2012-13 First Thursday Old-Time and Bluegrass Jam Series at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will continue Thursday, March 7, with a concert featuring the Locust Honey String Band.

Asheville-based band’s 7 p.m. performance will be followed by an 8 p.m. jam session in which local musicians are invited to participate.

The Locust Honey String Band organized in 2011 after a group of friends got together to perform for a Fourth of July event. The three women who comprise the group – Chloe Edmonstone, Ariel Dixon and Meredith Watson – use their voices and various combinations of the fiddle, banjo, guitar and bass to create their collective sound of old-time, honky-tonk, blues and traditional country. The group’s debut recording, “He Ain’t No Good,” includes songs from artists such as Uncle Dave Macon, Kitty Wells and Ernest Tubb, as well as an original song by Edmonstone.

Western Carolina University’s Arts and Cultural Events series, or ACE, in collaboration with South Arts, sponsors the tour of independent films and filmmakers that provides communities across the South access to smaller films and opportunities to join film directors in discussion. All Southern Circuit offerings are free and will start at 7:30 p.m. in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center. Refreshments and a question-and-answer session with the film’s director will follow.

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Inflame, a world music fusion band fronted by renowned performer Kumar Das, will make an appearance Tuesday, March 12, at Western Carolina University.

The performance, part of the 2012-13 Arts and Cultural Events Performance Series, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $5 for the general public and free for students.

Das is an award-winning Bangladeshi-American musician renowned for his mastery of classical percussion music. A versatile performer, Das plays bluegrass, hip-hop and jazz in addition to classical music. He performed at the 2011 memorial celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall.