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      • BELOVED TRADITION OF THE “5X10 PLAYS” RETURNS TO TUSCULUM FOR SEVEN SHOWS IN ANNIE HOGAN BYRD
      • With Her Upbeat New Single, BETH SNAPP Finds Promise After the Pandemic
      • ETSU to present virtual ‘radio style’ performance of scenes from ‘King Lear’
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      • With Her Upbeat New Single, BETH SNAPP Finds Promise After the Pandemic
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January 2019 37

 

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Sweet Scenes: A Walkable Window Display

Main Street Jonesborough is hosting Sweet Scenes, a Valentine’s Day themed walkable window display February 1 through February 9. Sweet Scenes is a spinoff of the popular Window Wonderland event that is typically held in early January, this year the event will transition from a winter theme to a Valentine’s Day theme with the announcement […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

Love Me Tinder

In my quest for pushing myself forward and out of my 2018 funk, I finally decided it’s time to get back on the horse and start dating. While I don’t yet feel quite comfortable pursuing a “relationship,” I don’t think getting to know new and interesting people is the worst idea in the world. This […]

 

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“History Bites” at Johnson Farm

As part of its winter History Bites lectures, local author and Times-News columnist Terry Ruscin will present his “School Days” program at Historic Johnson Farm at noon on Wed., Jan. 16. Tickets cost $5 and include light refreshments. The fully-illustrated program on the history of Henderson County schools includes one- and two-room schoolhouses, subscription and […]

 

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10 New Year’s Resolutions For Self-Improvement

1. Keep a Planner I have kept a planner for the past five years and I can’t live without one. I prefer to use a paper one, but your phone calendar can work too, it is just important that you use it! A planner will allow you to schedule out your days and manage your […]

 

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RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World

East Tennessee PBS, Independent Lens and the International Storytelling Center invite you to a free screening of RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World is an electrifying look at the Native American influence in popular music — despite attempts to ban, censor and erase Indian culture. The film […]

 

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H.O.P.E Project

Helping (and) Offering Personal Empowerment program is for families born into poverty who are mentored and lead into a better life within our two year program. We currently have 5 families, and would love to be able to have more! We offer incentives, mentoring, and more through this program. We meet monthly for families who […]

 

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Food Blog – Chef of the Week: Rhonda White

For Clean Eats owner and Chef, Rhonda White, cooking is more than just a passion. It’s a way of life. Just off Exit 29 of Interstate 81 in Virginia, in the quaint little town square of Glade Spring, White is crafting food with local fresh ingredients and creating wholesome meals. “I’m a huge supporter of […]

 

Appalachian Wanderers

Hiking Fuel

Mountain Mix: First take 4 pinecones and break them up into small pieces. Add in a handful of acorns (chestnuts can be substituted) and mix with 3 hand cups of creek water. Now take a boot full of soft sifted dirt (be sure to remove any earthworms, they will be added in later)..… Errrr… Week […]

 

Stargazer

Distant Bodies Become Familiar Worlds

Three incredible unmanned spacecraft are right now actively making discoveries that change how we look at the Solar System from our Moon to the incredible frozen depths of its edge. And the science is so cool that one super-smart “Rock Star” is capturing headlines with his insight and new song celebrating mankind’s innate curiosity. That […]

 

Pop Life

Bird Box

In 2018 film-goers raved about the post-apocalyptic thriller “A Quiet Place” in which the characters could not speak lest they be attacked by a sensitive creature. In late 2018 a variation of the theme is presented in the current film “Bird Box” starring Sandra Bullock. The film is based on a 2014 novel, and presents […]

 

Batteries Not Included

The Worst Date I Ever Went On

That transitory time that comes at the end and the start of the year is a time of reflection for many. I have found this to be especially true as one week after New Year’s Day is when my birthday falls. Seeing that this week I celebrate another trip around the sun, and also entering […]

 

Tea Time with Appalachian Barbie

Happily Appalachian

On a recent weekend away to Atlanta I did something I consider to be shameful. After several cocktails in a smoky dive, the first fiddle strains of “Wagon Wheel” hit my ears. I instinctively groaned and yelled “NOOOO!!!” due to spending almost 4 years of my life behind the bar at Tipton Street Pub, where […]

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