A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

In This Issue

• Beaver Creek Storytellers entertain and elucidate Stories are intrinsic to the human condition. They've been used to pass on history, explain natural phenomenon and tell tales of gods.
• Yarn Exchange tells tales live & on radio The Yarn Exchange in Jonesborough, Tennessee, at six years old, is a relative newcomer to the local storytelling scene.
• Storytelling Festival set 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.
• ETSU has storytelling program East Tennessee State University offers an undergraduate minor and a master's concentration in storytelling.
• Highlands Ballet to present fifth annual fundraiser in Abingdon On Oct. 12 from 6-9 p.m. the Barns at Chip Ridge in Abingdon, Virginia, are bustling with mingling, food, drink, music and of course dancing, as the Highlands Ballet Company presents its annual fundraiser, Hops on Pointe – Raising the Barre.
• PUSH Film Festival in downtown Bristol King University's Digital Media Art and Design Department teamed up with Believe in Bristol and the PUSH! Film Festival to create the event's official poster.
• The Big Read celebrates "Earthsea' in Washington County The Washington County Public Library celebrates the magical by exploring Ursula K. Le Guin's "A Wizard of Earthsea" during The Big Read.
• October Arts Array lineup announced Virginia Highlands Community College continues the Fall 2017 Arts Array Film Series.
• Sharyn McCrumb speaks in Abingdon Best-selling author Sharyn McCrumb lectures about her novel "The Unquiet Grave,"
• Arts for Youth: Lucas Patterson has fun on stage Lucas Patterson is having fun playing Winthrop Paroo (Marian's shy, lisping brother) in Barter Theater's production of "The Music Man."
• Musicians volunteer time, talents Flutist Schéry Collins and harpist Carole Mask volunteer their time and talents,

A! Extra

• Richlands student beats adversity to pursue passion RICHLANDS, Va. – A tragedy early in the life of a young man from Southwest Virginia revealed a hidden talent that has pulled him from the shadows of a dark childhood and thrust him into the limelight.
• Russell named editor of Mockingbird, 2018 submissions sought East Tennessee State University's Department of Literature and Language announces the appointment of Kara M. Russell as editor of the 2018 edition of The Mockingbird, the student arts and literary magazine of ETSU.
• Grads claim first-place awards for film, documentary work Three recent graduates of East Tennessee State University swept awards in all categories at the 2017 Tennessee Communication Association conference.
• Barter Theatre hosts Oscar-winning actor Duvall ABINGDON, Va. — Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, who's appeared in some of Hollywood's biggest films, said Thursday that he's had many roles he enjoyed and a few he'd "like to forget."
• 2015 Believe and Achieve winner publishes second book Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc., of Johnson City, Tennessee, announces the release of "The Dark Side of the Woods," by Duffield, Virginia, author, Willie E. Dalton.
• Shop local art for a cause: Artists donate 100% of proceeds to breast cancer care The artists at A Work of Art Gallery & Gifts believe that no one really needs a reason to buy art, but they've come up with a reason just in case. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they are raising funds to aid in breast cancer care.
• Mickey Mouse to Richard Nixon –artist paints as he thinks ABINGDON, Va. — As a political science professor, Eric Drummond Smith deals with cultures and clashes all over the globe.
• Glade Spring librarian finds hidden talents in work study students GLADE SPRING, Va. — When 19-year-old Dillon Scott began serving as a work-study student at Glade Spring Library a year ago, librarian Tonia Kestner discovered something about him that she didn't know.
• William King Museum of Art receives grant from Appalachian Regional Commission The Appalachian Regional Commission has approved a $500,000 grant to fund William King Museum of Art's development of the new Center for Studio Art & Education.
• Barter Theatre's "The Music Man' a near perfect show With its timeless and near-universal appeal coupled with a tightly woven script, Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" leaves directors with little wiggle room to make their production stand out from the preceding hundreds except to go hard, go loud, go prou