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Jonesborough's summer education students to stage 'Willy Wonka Junior'
Audiences of "Willy Wonka Junior" will be in for a sweet treat as some of the region's up-and-coming young actors take them on the trip of a lifetime through a world of pure imagination.
Performances of the "scrumdidilyumptious" musical will be held at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., June 21 and 22 at the McKinney Center, located in the Booker T. Washington School at 103 Franklin Ave., Jonesborough. The show marks the first staged production to be held in the McKinney Center since it underwen...Published June 19, 2013 or Published 6 hours ago - By Jessica Fischer
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Teller's newest tales span four generations
Award-winning performer Doug Lipman will bring a new slew of stories and songs to his upcoming storytelling residency in downtown Jonesborough.
The International Storytelling Center's Teller-in-Residence series hosts storytelling's best and brightest stars through early fall. Lipman, who will perform June 18-22, is the latest in a lineup that will feature popular performers like Carmen Deedy, David Holt and Donald Davis.
"The exciting thing for me about this residency is that I'm coming wit...Published June 14, 2013 or Published 5 days ago - By Staff Reports
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Jonesborough Days to Be Work of Art in 2013
For nearly half a century, Jonesborough Days has been providing a picture-perfect portrait of festival fun in downtown Jonesborough.
Now in its 43rd year, the town is adding a few more brush strokes to the painting, and town officials are promising the finished product, scheduled to be held July 5-7, will be more beautiful than ever.
"We're bringing in three new features this year that I think are really exciting," said Melinda Copp, Main Street and events coordinator for the Town of Jonesb...Published June 11, 2013 or Published 1 week ago - By Staff Reports
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Lifetime achievement award sends teller down memory lane
A lifetime achievement award is an honor, sure, but it comes with a certain sense of gravity. Having finished a lifetime's worth of work, what is left to achieve? It's an occasion for celebration and reflection -- a time to take inventory of all the things you've done, and all the things you'd still like to do.
As a storyteller, Syd Lieberman's professional achievements are intertwined with his personal life. Apart from a few historical pieces, folk tales and literary stories, his life's wor...Published June 6, 2013 or Published 2 weeks ago - By Staff Reports
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Storyteller inspired by life on the road
Like many storytellers, Connie Regan-Blake has a grueling travel schedule. Having performed in 17 countries and 47 states, life on the road has become a story in itself.
Like a heroic character in one of her beloved traditional tales, Regan-Blake's story began with a call to adventure. She launched her career from the back of a pickup truck, living on the road for years before she settled down to a permanent address. Those adventures alone gave the storyteller a lifetime's worth of colorful ...Published May 23, 2013 or Published 4 weeks ago - By Staff Reports
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Jonesborough Theatre to Hold Auditions for the Regional Premiere of Shrek the Musical
Jonesborough Repertory Theatre will hold auditions for Shrek the Musical on June 2 & 3 at the Theatre beginning at 7 p.m.
Roles include Young Shrek and Fiona with auditions for ages 10 and up, as the majority of other roles are for ages 14 and up. If auditioning for Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Farquaad or Pinocchio a one minute vocal piece will be required, but does not need to be from the show. An accompanist will be available. Sheet music or singing a cappella is recommended, as no prerecord...Published May 22, 2013 or Published 4 weeks ago - By Staff Reports
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Teller Kim Weitkamp dragging storytelling into 21st centur
The world of storytelling isn't exactly known for its embrace of cutting-edge technology -- at least, not yet. Storyteller Kim Weitkamp is pulling the ancient art into the 21st century one tale at a time, connecting with long-time fans as well as new converts with her take on oral tradition.
The award-winning performer, whose weeklong storytelling residency in Jonesborough will open the new season of Storytelling Live!, is widely hailed for her fearless embrace of new forms in an industry th...Published May 7, 2013 or Published 1 month ago - By Staff Reports
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Jonesborough Teller-in-residence series kicks off May 7
The new season of the International Storytelling Center's wildly popular teller-in-residence series is set to begin May 7 with Kim Weitkamp, a Virginia-based storyteller who specializes in tall tales, humor and poignant personal stories.
Weitkamp will be the first in an all-star lineup of 26 performers who will each host a week's worth of matinee storytelling concerts in Jonesborough from May through early autumn.
Since 2002, the teller-in-residence series has offered a supersized season of...Published April 30, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Jonesborough Yarn Exchange Tells Main Street Madness Stories April 22
The Jonesborough Yarn Exchange once again brings the old-fashioned radio hour to the International Storytelling Center stage April 22 at 7 p.m. with songs, skits and stories dedicated to Main Street Madness
Main Street Madness, created by Jules Corriere, features stories from Main Street Madness: Lavender's, Traveling Salesmen and other Excitement Down The Road A special performance will also take place during the show including local favorite Lightin’ Charlie. The show will also be r...Published April 11, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Jonesborough Theatre Takes on 'The Voice of the Prairie'
What better place to celebrate the power of a good story, than in the Storytelling Capital of the World, Historic Jonesborough. The Jonesborough Repertory Theatre invites you to witness the power of the radio through The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive, directed by Janette Gaines and Lacie Black, May 3rd through 19th.
Step back to the first days of mass communication when radio was starting to become a national phenomenon. By the early 1920s, head of Radio Corporation of America, David ...Published April 11, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Master Storyteller Donald Davis Returns to Historic Jonesborough
You only get one chance a year to laugh until you cry, or cry until you laugh. Donald Davis, one of America's favorite master storytellers, is coming to the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center on April 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Davis was born in a Southern Appalachian Mountain world that was rich in stories. “I didn’t learn stories, I just absorbed them, he says as he recounts tales learned from a family of traditional storytellers who have lived on the same Western North Carolina...Published April 3, 2013 or Published 3 months ago - By Staff Reports
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JRT journeys to Middle Earth with 'The Hobbit'
Following closely on the heels of Peter Jackson's blockbuster film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Jonesborough Repertory Theatre will treat local audiences to the stage version of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic book.
Adapted by Patricia Gray, "The Hobbit" opens Friday and will run through March 30 at the theater, located at 125½ W. Main St. in downtown Jonesborough, next door to the Historic Eureka Inn.
JRT's production -- the fifth in its 2012-2013 season -- features a cast of 31 un...Published March 13, 2013 or Published 3 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Get ready for 'Seuss Sayings!'
The colorful world of Dr. Seuss will spring to life Saturday, March 2, when Jonesborough Repertory Theatre welcomes "Seuss Sayings!," the latest production from Susan Lachmann's Laughing One Studios.
The show coincides with the birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, and National Read Across America Day. Storyteller Kevin Tolley, pictured to the left, will perform three Dr. Seuss favorites: "Green Eggs and Ham," "The Lorax" and "The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories."...Published February 26, 2013 or Published 4 months ago - By Staff Reports
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The Jonesborough Senior Center presents 'Jewel of De’ Nial'
The Jonesborough Senior Center presents…..
Mystery & Comedy
Dinner Show
“Jewel of De’ Nial”
Created & Directed by Barbara Desso
At the Historic Jonesborough Visitor Center
6:30PM, Thursday & Friday,
March 7th & 8th
*6:00-6:30PM Photos with the Captain!
Ticket Cost: $20.00
(Deadline for tickets, March 1st)
“As the cruise ship pulls anchor, you will begin your all inclusive voyage of enjoying fine cuisine, world class entertai...Published February 5, 2013 or Published 4 months ago - By Staff Reports
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It's 'A Grand Night for Singing' at JRT
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Jonesborough Repertory Theatre will take audiences on a romantic journey from young infatuation to the touching and funny complexities of commitment, marriage and enduring love when it presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's "A Grand Night for Singing."
Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m., Fridays; 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturdays; and 2 p.m., Sundays, Feb. 1-17 at the theater. Interpretation for the deaf will be provided at the Feb. 3 show.
The Tony-nominated Br...Published January 30, 2013 or Published 5 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Jonesborough's Progressive Dinner a team effort
Volunteers with Jonesborough's Heritage Alliance believe they have the perfect recipe for putting folks in the holiday spirit -- gather a group of friends, new and old, and send them on a magical journey filled with eccentric homes decorated to the nines, taste-tempting dishes, toe-tapping live music and the Southern hospitality that has helped put Tennessee's oldest town on the map.
This year, the historic preservation organization is spicing up its 35th annual Progressive Dinner with a few...Published November 15, 2012 or Published 7 months ago - By Staff Reports
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JRT conjures light thrills, chills with 'Sleepy Hollow'
Jonesborough Repertory Theatre will add plenty of chills and thrills -- and a few giggles, too -- to the town's Halloween festivities with its production of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," opening Friday and continuing through Nov. 4 at the theater.
JRT's adaptation of Washington Irving's classic story follows Sleepy Hollow's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, as he competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt to woo Katrina Van Tassel, the most eligible bachelorette in town. The tale reaches i...Published October 23, 2012 or Published 8 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Teller proud of her 'river rat' heritage
The renowned singer and storyteller Regi Carpenter will be the next-to-last performer of the 2012 Storytelling Live! season.
While she is known for her modern take on fairy tales and her personal stories, Carpenter's most beloved stories are the rich tales of her upbringing as a "fourth-generation river rat" on the St. Lawrence River in upstate New York.
"I'm most drawn to themes of identity, family and ancestry," she says. "In my hometown, you're never who you are. You're only who you come...Published October 11, 2012 or Published 8 months ago - By Staff Reports
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No blending in for teller Mitch Capel
Storyteller Mitch Capel is the kind of guy you see coming from a mile away. While he doesn't wear a costume per se, his button-covered storytelling jacket is what you might call a conversation piece.
Like many quirky fashion choices, it started back in the 1980s.
"The jacket with the buttons was basically to get kids' attention," Capel confesses. "The very first time I went into a school to do storytelling, I had on a shirt and tie. This little kid in the front row said, 'He's going to be b...Published October 5, 2012 or Published 8 months ago - By Staff Reports
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National Storytelling Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary
Once Upon a Time...
In 1973, 60 people came to hear a few Appalachian tales from the back of a hay wagon parked beside the Jonesborough courthouse.
In the decades since, the National Storytelling Festival's audience has swelled into the thousands, the hay wagon has been replaced by large, circus-like tents raised throughout the town, and those first mountain tales are now supplemented with stories from around the globe, spiced with the flair of poetry, blues, ballads and banjo.
The festiva...Published September 27, 2012 or Published 9 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Humorist keeps on the funny side
Award-winning humorist Jeanne Robertson, a nationally known radio personality, is offering a special 40th anniversary concert the night before the National Storytelling Festival begins.
Robertson's exclusive concert will take place at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Library Tent on the festival grounds in downtown Jonesborough. Tickets are on sale now, and reservations are highly recommended since Robertson regularly sells out theaters around the country.
These days, the humorist is in s...Published September 27, 2012 or Published 9 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Teller Jon Spelman a 'lifelong student'
Renowned storyteller Jon Spelman will be the International Storytelling Center's next teller in residence.
The well-rounded teller, who has been featured on NPR and has performed at the Smithsonian Institute and the Lincoln Center, will share a wide variety of personal tales, folk tales and historical stories during his week-long residency.
This fall, Spelman begins his third year teaching part-time at the Baltimore School for the Arts, a public high school.
"It's a remarkable place," he s...Published September 20, 2012 or Published 9 months ago - By Staff Reports
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'Sweet' childhood shaped teller's tales
Celebrated storyteller Laura Simms will perform as the next teller in residence for the International Storytelling Center's popular Storytelling Live! program.
Simms, a world traveler who is widely known for her humanitarian work, discovered her love for story at a young age, in the old farmhouse where she was raised in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"I fell in love with storytelling when I was a child," she says. "I lived in a neighborhood filled with people from all over the world. Also, my father was a ...Published September 14, 2012 or Published 9 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Jonesborough Repertory Theatre transports audiences back to the '60s with 'Hairspray'
It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire -- to dance on the popular "Corny Collins Show."
When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin and integrate a TV network, all without denting her 'do.
Jonesborough Repertory Theatre will take audiences back in time for its production of the Broadway mu...Published September 4, 2012 or Published 9 months ago - By Staff Reports
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Humor an integral part of storyteller's repertoire
Judith Black -- humorist, historian and storyteller extraordinaire -- spent the better part of the last year in the field with an interesting species: the teenager.
After winning a grant from the Centers for Disease Control, Black collaborated with a theater in her community to help kids develop performance pieces about substance abuse, bullying and nutrition.
"You need to get your head examined if you volunteer to work with seventh and eighth graders," Black says. "They belong in the woods...Published August 24, 2012 or Published 10 months ago - By Staff Reports
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