A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Trail of the Lonesome Pine celebrates 52nd season

"I came into your world- you went into mine. What I had grown indifferent about- you grew to care about."

In This Issue

• Jack McClanahan involved with Trail since beginning "It was the heaven-born site for the unborn city of his dreams, and his eyes swept every curve of the valley lovingly."
• June Tolliver House is a registered landmark and museum The June Tolliver House is a registered Virginia and National Historic Landmark, located next door to the June Tolliver Playhouse, home of the "Trail of the Lonesome Pine."
• John Fox Jr. home serves as a museum Big Stone Gap, Virginia is home to the John Fox Jr. House, the home of the author of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine."
• Liberty! celebrates frontier history with pageantry Along the Watauga Old Fields, the first democratic government on this continent came to pass – the Watauga Association in 1772.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Abigail Daniels Abigail was in the first grade when she took her first ballet class.
• Writers' Day held at the Virginia Highlands Festival This year's Writers' Day of the Virginia Highlands Festival allows participants to learn about a wide genre of literary genres and issues related to publishing.
• One-Woman Show performed at library in Abingdon The Friends of the Washington County Public Library present a one-woman show of the life and work of Georgia author Lillian Smith.
• July Storytelling Live line-up set Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Center's renowned teller-in-residence series, continues its summer line-up with a diverse array of storytellers.
• AAME Gala remarks Editor's note: Those people in attendance at the AAME Arts Achievement Awards Gala were impressed by the passion with which Zane Myers, president of AAME, spoke about the importance of the arts in our lives and communities. We asked him if his introductor
• VMFA accepting funding applications The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship program is accepting applications.
• 'I resigned as a czar' Carl Clarke resigned in June after serving for 10 years as the volunteer circulation manager for "A! Magazine for the Arts."

A! Extra

• White will return as show host MARION, Va. — Tim White will return as host of "Song of the Mountains" in September, the Appalachian Music Heritage Foundation confirmed Monday.
• Author hopes to empower women with new novel MARION, Va. — Expect to find a variety of authors tucked into the tents at the upcoming Hungry Mother Arts and Crafts Festival, held July 17-19 at Hungry Mot
• Rachel Locke uses her passion for performing to excel in life BRISTOL, Va. — Rachel Locke may not be on Broadway yet, but she's on her way
• Review: 'The Marvelous Wonderettes' — Play awful but music is wonderful How "The Marvelous Wonderettes" could have ever been called a "play" is beyond me. The feeble little "plot," if you can even call it that, is more insult than entertaining and the flimsy effort at audience partici-pation is even worse. I can only surmise
• Student leaders illustrate 'Differences' One is black, one is white. One is female, one is male. One is uncomfortable browsing through stores, the other is completely comfortable shopping.
• CASS wins Pinnacle Award for "DeVault Tavern" exhibition East Tennessee State University's Center for Appalachian Studies and Services received the 2015 Pinnacle Award for Special Projects for "The DeVault Tavern: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition, Programming and Publication."