Bristol Library Celebrates Reading!
Best-selling authors who have Virginia roots are the highlight of the Bristol Public Library's 2010 Discovery Series.Best-selling novelist Lee Smith is scheduled to appear in April, and the community is encouraged to read Smith's Fair and Tender Ladie
Bristol's Community Read Events
The Bristol Library's Community Read committee selected Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies for the community to discuss and read together in 2010.
If You Don't Know Lee Smith ...
Growing up in the Appalachian mountains of Southwest Virginia, nine-year-old Lee Smith was already writing — and selling, for a nickel apiece — stories about her neighbors in the coal boomtown of Grundy and nearby isolated hollers.
The Library Foundation
The Bristol Public Library Foundation was established in 1999 by a generous bequest from the late Albert C. Noble to help build the new library.
Book Review: 'Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger'
Lee Smith's latest work, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger: New and Selected Stories, contains seven stories from two previous collections and seven new ones.
Arts for Youth: Three Generations Play Piano
For more than 45 years, Bristol Music Club scholarships have helped budding musicians pursue musical careers. Add Nate Mitchell to that list. Nate was a winner in 2009. His aunt, Marjorie Mitchell Greene, was a winner in 1973, 1976 and 1978.
National Arts Dialogue Needs Your Voice
To celebrate the successes of the past 50 years in the arts field, Americans for the Arts has partnered with more than 20 national arts service organizations and peer groups representing different disciplines to collect Green Papers.
VI 'Studies Abroad' Alumni to Return to Germany
Sign of the South Will Rise Again
"I'm restoring a little bit of local iconography," said local artist D.R. Mullins of Abingdon, Va. "You attribute this [image] not to war but to an old-time '50s restaurant that everyone loved."
Paying Tribute to a Bluegrass Legend
Sixty-three years after he first played in Bristol with his late brother, Carter, Ralph Stanley was honored in a tribute on Sunday, April 11, 2010, at the Paramount Center.
Lee Smith: Surrounded by Stories
Growing up in Grundy, Va. led Lee Smith to join region's rich tradition of tale-spinning.
Penny Hite Fulfills Dream to be an Artist
Sometimes life "got in the way" of Penny Hite's ambitions, but she finally fulfilled her dream to be an artist.
Promise and Prizes
Reid Nicewonder, a native of Bristol, Va., was part of a group of students who created a short film that was named Best Comedy at the Southern Regional Grand Finale in Atlanta, Ga.
Tusculum Music Professor honored by National Association
Ruth Thomas, associate professor emeritus of music at Tusculum College, was recently honored as a Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Fellow for the State of Tennessee.
Founder of ETSU Bluegrass Program speaks at Harvard
Participants included area musicians: Harvard student Clint W. Miller from Abingdon, Va., North Carolina fiddling virtuoso Bobby Hicks, Kentucky's "newgrass" pioneer and mandolinist Sam Bush, and California banjo virtuoso Alison Brown.
Deadlines for JUNE 2010 Print Edition
Expect your MAY A! Magazine on Wednesday, APR. 28. And plan now to submit press releases and to advertise in the JUNE 2010 edition of A! Magazine.
Knitting, Crocheting for Children & Abuse Victims
Volunteer knitters and crocheters at A Likely Yarn Knitting and Crocheting Shop in Abingdon have been making blankets, toys, and gifts for local children and abuse victims. Participants have been using donated yarn to make needed items to help The Childre
Rafael Casco named Artist-in-Residence
The Arts & Culture Alliance of Knoxville have selected Rafael Casco, an emerging local artist, as the Betsy Worden Artist-in-Residence at the Emporium Center from April through September 2010.
VI Student a Photography 'Workhorse'
Brian Coryell won the Marjorie De Friece Scholarship in 2009, the coveted full-tuition award for an upperclassman studying the visual arts.
For Abingdon Teen, Fashion is a Passion
"Since an early age, I have aspired to be a fashion designer. Even as a child, my mother had to alter every outfit that I purchased because I was always redesigning it." — Audri Easterling
An Interview with David Hendricksen
The 2010 spring concert ofThe Civic Choraleis comprised entirely of choral music by regional composers.
Bristol Library Debuts Redesigned Website
The Bristol Public Library has a beautifully redesigned website (www.bristol-library.org) with several new features.