A! Magazine for the Arts

Arts Alliance Mountain Empire hosts Rita Quillen Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Bristol Public Library, Bristol, Virginia.

We asked George Huber, a retired Tennessee Eastman executive who lives in Bristol and is active in several musical organizations to reflect on the importance of opera in his life.

Giacomo Puccini was born Dec. 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy.

A talented group of performers from Opera Ithaca are the guest performers with the Symphony of the Mountain’s production of “La Bohème.”

Virginia Highlands Community College’s fall Arts Array Film Series begins.

Cameron Roberts, who recently won Bristol Ballet’s Teresangela Schiano Memorial Scholarship, has been taking dance classes since she was 3.

In Jonesborough, Tennessee, the storytelling capital of the world, tickets are on sale for the National Storytelling Festival, an annual gathering of some of the world’s top talent.

Just six years after completing his undergraduate studies at Tusculum University, acclaimed poet Justin Phillip Reed continues to impress on the national stage with his work.

Unexpectedly, I felt the need to read “Mothers and Strangers: Essays of Motherhood from the New South,” twice.

The brand Maytag has long been associated with dependability and strength.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announces that Edward Hopper and the American Hotel premieres at the museum Oct. 26 — the only east coast venue for this major loan exhibition.

Governor Ralph Northam announced that Barter Theatre received $5,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Grant Fund program.

Bristol, TN/VA – PUSH! Film Festival has released its film and workshop lineup for the 2019 festival, held at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in historic downtown Bristol.

Big Stone Gap, VA. The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, celebrates the work of area artists by presenting the True Art Showcase & Children’s Contest in the museum from Sept. 17 through Oct. 11.

A cautionary tale has tremendous impact when the tale is actually true. With ordinary people as its characters, we learn that anyone can be drawn into a web of disastrous entanglements.

Governor Ralph Northam announced that Barter Theatre received $5,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Grant Fund program. In total, VTC awarded more than $965,000 for 44 tourism marketing projects across the state.

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. — Whenever I’m down in Jonesborough, Tennessee, I have my own story to tell about storytelling.

BRISTOL, Va. — Bright arrays of communication thrust forth to touch humanity from throughout the King University Institute for Faith & Culture 2019-2020 speaker series.

This fall, Milligan College’s musical theater program performs “Songs for a New World.”