A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

In This Issue

• In/Visible Theatre invites you to come and see In/Visible Theatre in Boone, North Carolina, is the brainchild of Karen Sabo and Derek Davidson, both formerly of Barter Theatre, Abingdon, Virginia.
• Upcoming events at In/Visible Theatre In/Visible Theatre in Boone, North Carolina, doesn't have a set season schedule, but it does have two upcoming scheduled events.
• Who is In/Visible Theatre Karen Sabo is the co-founder and artistic producer of In/Visible Theatre in Boone, North Carolina.
• International Storytelling Center hosts world-class storytelling in September Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Center's celebrated teller-in-residence series, continues its season with a world-class line-up in September.
• Robert Duvall comes to Barter Theatre in October Barter Theatre welcomes Robert Duvall to its Gilliam Stage in Abingdon, Virginia, Oct. 5.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Kerry Morton Kerry Morton's latest role is Tom Sawyer in Theatre Bristol's production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
• Henry Cho performs at Paramount Laughter fills downtown Bristol, Tennessee, when Henry Cho brings his comedy to the Paramount Center for the Arts. He performs Sept. 23 at 8 p.m.
• Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion returns to Bristol The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion is Sept. 15-17 throughout downtown Bristol.
• ETSU School of the Arts peers into cultures, issues "Maturity," said writer Henry David Thoreau, "is when all your mirrors turn into windows."
• Fall's Arts Array Film Series announces lineup Virginia Highlands Community College kicks off the Fall 2017 Arts Array Film Series. Show times are every Monday and Tuesday evening at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Abingdon Cinemall, Abingdon, Virginia.
• Festival announces art show winners The 69th Virginia Highlands Festival announces the winners of the 2017 Juried Fine Arts Show.

A! Extra

• 90th Anniversary Tribute to the 1927 Bristol Sessions wraps up Rhythm & Roots BRISTOL, Tenn. — Turn the page on another chapter written in the profound history of the Birthplace of Country Music.
• IMLS awards grant to VMFA for conservation education initiative RICHMOND, VA — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will use a $331,054 grant — announced today from the Institute of Museum and Library Services — to support the "Connect to Conservation" program.
• Second movie chooses Marion for filming location The all female team of 4 Pies Productions announces the launch of its first Independent Feature Film, "Calm Before."
• 'Round the Mountain announces new juried Artisans 'Round the Mountain: Southwest Virginia's Artisan Network has announced results from the most recent jury session.
• ETSU breaks ground on James C. and Mary B. Martin Center for the Arts Ground was officially broken on East Tennessee State University's long-awaited Center for the Arts.
• Sounds of Music: Tuning up for Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion BRISTOL, Tenn. — Summer is fleeting, schools are in session, and the third weekend of September is just around the corner, so it must be time again for Bristol's Rhythm & Roots Reunion.
• Kaine, Alexander to make bi-partisan music in opening act of music festival BRISTOL, Tenn. — Fans won't find the opening act of this year's Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion on any online music sources, but they can expect a truly unique experience when "The Amateurs" take the stage.
• Here comes Bristol Rhythm and Roots Stop the world and get off in Bristol.
• Even drenched in drizzle, Main Street Busker Fest a "safe place for the weirdos'
• Knoxville Jazz Orchestra presents "Tribute to Sarah Vaughan Featuring Deborah Brown" The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra's 2017-18 concert season begins Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. with "Tribute to Sarah Vaughan Featuring Deborah Brown."
• HOLLYWOOD'S NEW "IT' BOY BLUFF CITY, Tenn. — From his childhood in the rolling hills of Northeast Tennessee, Jeremy Ray Taylor has worked from the farm to fanfare as he becomes Bluff City's rising star.
• Todd Day Wait's Pigpen fires up Bonefire Smokehouse Friday Nearly a decade ago, musician Todd Day Wait tossed most of his belongings curbside.