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  Trio of artists 'Looking Forward' to France

  In anticipation of their trip to France in July, artists Nancy Jane Earnest, Joy McGinnis and Monique Carr are celebrating with an exhibition of their works, past and present.
  Presented by the Kingsport Art Guild, "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- Looking Forward to ... France" opens May 29 in the Kingsport Renaissance Center's second-floor main gallery, where it will remain on display through June 27. Admission is free.
  An opening reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., June 2 in the gal...

  Published May 23, 2013 or Published 1 day ago - By Staff Reports

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  Folk Soul Revival kicks off Twilight Alive

  Folk Soul Revival will kick off this year's Twilight Alive summer concert series Thursday, May 30 with its signature brand of harmony-drenched, boot-stomping, rowdy, rootsy Americana music.
  Show time is 7 p.m. on Broad Street in downtown Kingsport. Admission is free.
  Folk Soul Revival -- featuring Daniel Davis on guitar and vocals; Brandon Sturgill on upright bass, acoustic bass, electric bass and vocals; Justin Venable on guitjo, harmonica, kazoo and vocals; Daniel Vanover on guitar, harmo...

  Published May 23, 2013 or Published 1 day ago - By Staff Reports

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  Concert series returns to downtown

  Summer doesn't officially begin until June, but downtown Kingsport is getting into the spirit of the season a little early with the return of its annual summer concert series.
  "This series continues to grow each year. People now expect it and anticipate it. It's showing no signs of slowing down," said Emily Thompson, marketing and communications manager for the Kingsport Convention and Visitors Bureau. "It's kind of become a festival that it doesn't necessarily even matter what kind of music...

  Published May 7, 2013 or Published 3 weeks ago - By Marci Gore

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  New exhibit showcases artwork by Georgia Blanchard Doubler family

  The love of art definitely runs in Georgia Blanchard Doubler’s family.
  The artwork of Doubler and her three daughters — Becky McNary, Lyn Grant and Anne Smith — will be on display through May 24 in the Main Gallery of the Kingsport Renaissance Center, 1200 E. Center St.
  An opening reception for “Generations — A Family of Artists” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday in the Main Gallery. Doubler and her daughters will be on hand to discuss their works.
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  Published April 30, 2013 or Published 3 weeks ago - By Staff Reports

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  13th annual Evening with the Arts boasts Italian theme

  Arts enthusiasts can spend a spring evening "Under the Tuscan Stars," enjoying Italian-themed food and spirits and live entertainment as they admire -- and hopefully purchase -- the work of local and regional artists, at the Downtown Kingsport Association Foundation and Main Art Center's 13th annual Evening with the Arts fundraiser.
  The event will be held from 7 to 10 p.m., Thursday, May 2 at the Main Art Center, inside the historic Gem Theater at 140 W. Main St., in downtown Kingsport.
  "It...

  Published April 30, 2013 or Published 3 weeks ago - By Jessica Fischer

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  Dugger Band embarks on 'Journey'

  Growing up, Greeneville's Jordan and Seth Dugger were no strangers to the stage, playing drums and serving as backup singers for their parents' Southern gospel band. But neither brother had any intention of following in their musical family's footsteps.
  Seth's first love was football, and Jordan had plans to play basketball in college -- that is, until an injury during high school left him rethinking his future.
  "I left to go to Florida State for basketball camp and the first game at the ca...

  Published April 30, 2013 or Published 3 weeks ago - By Jessica Fischer

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  Local seventh-grader lands spot as extra on 'Nashville'

  When ABC's hit musical drama "Nashville" airs Wednesday night, May 8, Kingsport's Tiffany Reeves will be glued to the television screen.
  Sure, the 12-year-old Colonial Heights Middle School seventh-grader is anxious to catch the latest developments involving Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton,) a legendary country music superstar whose stardom is fading, and rising teen starlet Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere). But she's more interested in spotting another familiar face on screen that night: he...

  Published April 24, 2013 or Published 4 weeks ago - By Jessica Fischer

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  Downtown ready to pARTy in the heART

  The City of Kingsport's Office of Cultural Arts will officially unveil its seventh annual Sculpture Walk this coming weekend in conjunction with the Downtown Kingsport Association's pARTy in the heART festival.
  The annual Sculpture Walk is a juried temporary exhibition of sculptures in the heart of downtown Kingsport that changes each year. Over the last 6 years, through individual gifts and endowments, the city has been able to acquire eight sculptures from this temporary exhibition and mak...

  Published April 22, 2013 or Published 1 month ago - By Staff Reports

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  Netherland Inn season opening set for May 4

  Since its construction more than 200 years ago, Kingsport's Netherland Inn has hosted countless weary travelers, journeying west by stagecoach and flatboat.
  After a long winter's rest, the inn will throw open its doors yet again on Saturday, May 4, ushering in its 2013 operating season with a celebration featuring music, food and living history on the grounds of the historic property. This will also be the public's first opportunity to see the new Museum of Pioneer Transportation, housed in ...

  Published April 22, 2013 or Published 1 month ago - By Staff Reports

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  Exchange Place welcomes spring

  The Exchange Place Living History Farm will celebrate spring's arrival next weekend with its 29th annual Spring Garden Fair, featuring flowers, plants, herbs, music and food.
  The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 27 and from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 28 at the ancestral home of the Gaines and Preston families, located at 4812 Orebank Road in Kingsport.
  The site will burst out of winter to offer the region a true celebration of heritage farming and heirloom garden...

  Published April 22, 2013 or Published 1 month ago - By Staff Reports

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  Mark Ray announces new Art Opening in Kingsport!

  The delightful lines and colors of the Digital Paintings by local artist Mark Ray, titled “The Journey” will be on display in the month of April at the art gallery located on the second level of the Renaissance Center in Downtown Kingsport, 1200 East Center Street. The show is open to the public for the month of April, Monday through Friday from 8:00am--8:00pm & Saturday 9am—12Noon.
  There will be a reception at the Renaissance Center at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 7th, whi...

  Published April 1, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports

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• Racks by the Tracks Festival set for banner year!

  Downtown Kingsport's premier music, beer, and barbecue festival is ready to roll this May, and made a big announcement at downtown Kingsport's Chamber building on Thursday - this year's entertainment schedule is expanding, and the music line-up just went big time.
  Grammy-winning multi-platinum country recording artists Diamond Rio will be a prt of this year's festival, which is poised to be the largest ever. Want more information about the day's events? Watch the video below, and let organ...

  Published March 28, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By sStaff Reports

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  Boxcars, VW Boys to play Mountain Music Fest benefit

  The Boxcars and VW Boys will headline the eighth annual Mountain Music Fest, set for 7 p.m., Friday, April 5 at the Kingsport Civic Auditorium.
  Tickets are $15 and are available at all Bank of Tennessee and Carter County Bank locations.
  The concert is a fundraiser for Adult Day Services, a program of the First Tennessee Human Resource Agency that provides personalized care for adults who are physically, socially, emotionally and mentally challenged, or frail due to advanced age.
  The 2011 I...

  Published March 26, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Kingsport Summer Concert Series Announced!

  The Downtown Kingsport Concert Series includes Twilight Alive and Bluegrass on Broad. The Summer Concert Series lasts from mid-May to September and is held on Thursday and Friday nights on Broad Street in Kingsport. The concerts are FREE and open to the public. We ask that you bring your own lawn chair, but no pets or coolers please! Concerts start at approximately 7 p.m. each night.
  

  Published March 21, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Brass Ring Gala to kick off Carousel craft show

  The Carousel Fine Craft Show will open Friday, March 22, with a gala event to benefit the Kingsport Carousel Project.
  The Brass Ring Gala will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Kingsport Farmer's Market in downtown Kingsport. The $35 gala ticket will include food and drinks. There will be a cash bar, exclusive access to the Fine Craft Show, the Carousel Project volunteers along with the carousel animals and rounding boards, and carving demonstrations. Admission to the gala also includes an ent...

  Published March 18, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Kingsport Arts Summer Camp Announced!

  
  Summer Camp 2013 - Save the Date!June 3-7, 2013
  That's right folks! Amongst all the snow outside, Ms. Tina is gearing up for Summer Camp! As you know, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were named after four Renaissance artists: Michelangelo, Leonado da Vinci, Donatello and Raphael. What you may not know (what they don't teach our children often in school) is that the Renaissance was happening ALL OVER THE WORLD and in many genre's, not just visual arts. So, the Renaissance is about more tha...

  Published March 12, 2013 or Published 2 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Operatic tenor Carl Tanner to perform with Symphony of the Mountains

  From a truck driver to a bounty hunter to a world-famous tenor singer, Carl Tanner's journey to operatic stardom has been a long, circuitous one.
  Tanner will join Symphony of the Mountains, Voices of the Mountains and the Civic Chorale for a "Once in a Lifetime" concert March 16 at the Toy F. Reid Employee Center in Kingsport. Show time is 7:30 p.m.
  Born in Arlington, Va., to a family of modest means, Tanner grew up singing along to John Denver, Willie Nelson, Roy Clark and other country cr...

  Published March 8, 2013 or Published 3 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Renaissance Center exhibit marks Black History Month

  The Kingsport Art Guild is marking Black History Month with an exhibition of the art of Alan M. Jones in the main gallery of the Renaissance Center, 1200 E. Center St., Kingsport.
  The show will hang through Feb. 21. An opening reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 27. Admission is free.
  Jones, a freelance artist from Knoxville, is manager of administration and disadvantaged business enterprise liaison for the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority. He serves as interim pa...

  Published January 25, 2013 or Published 4 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Winter Garden Seminar highlights native plants

  Retired horticultural educator Hugh Conlon will present "Born in the USA: Native Trees and Shrubs You Should Be Planting" during Warriors' Path State Park's 24th Annual Winter Garden Seminar.
  The seminar will be held at 10 a.m., Jan. 19 at the recreation building on Duck Island at the park. The event is free to the public, but pre-registration is requested.
  Conlon worked as a University extension area horticulturist for 33 years, both in Northeast Tennessee and in Southwest Iowa. Born and r...

  Published January 3, 2013 or Published 5 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Computer animation the focus of Second Sunday Art Series

  If you've ever dreamed of creating the kind of computer-generated animations seen in television shows, films and video games, mark your calendar for Jan. 13.
  Byron Kindig, who teaches animation classes using a computer program called Blender, will be the featured artist for the next installment of the Kingsport Art Guild's Second Sunday Art Series. "Computer Art, Animation and Game Creation" will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in Room 239 of the Kingsport Renaissance Center.
  The class is free, bu...

  Published January 3, 2013 or Published 5 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Traveling exhibit honors Tennessee folk artists

  Kingsport's Renaissance Center is the next stop for "Tradition -- Tennessee Lives and Legacies," a traveling exhibit that features folk artists and craftsmen from every region of Tennessee through photography and essay.
  An opening reception for the exhibit, presented by the City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts and the Tennessee Arts Commission, will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Dec. 13 in the Renaissance Center's second-floor Atrium Gallery, where the show will remain on display through Fe...

  Published December 7, 2012 or Published 6 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Christmas in the Country returns to Exchange Place

  Christmas in the Country, the annual celebration of winter and the holiday season at Exchange Place Living History Farm, 4812 Orebank Road in Kingsport, will take place on Saturday, December 1, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. Admission is free.
  The last public event for the year at the historic site, the festival will feature fresh greenery and trees, handcrafted wreaths and roping, and paper wreaths and cloth flowers. There will be unique folk arts and handcrafts, such as hand-crafted wood ...

  Published November 13, 2012 or Published 6 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Annual Holiday Concert Coming To Kingsport and Abingdon

  Santa, Christmas carols and snow flurries abound!
  Symphony of the Mountains will perform their annual Holiday Concert at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the Toy F. Reid Employee Center in Kingsport. The concert will then travel to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, VA on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. This annual event is always a family favorite featuring Christmas carols we all know and love.
  This year the Holiday Concerts will feature performanc...

  Published November 8, 2012 or Published 6 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  KAG Members Show winners

  Winners of the Kingsport Art Guild's 2012 Members Show were announced Oct. 21 during an opening reception for the exhibit, on display through Nov. 20 at the Kingsport Renaissance Center.
  
  Honored were: (from left) Ellen Beighley, winner of the Dallas Bernard Memorial Upcycle Award for "EJ's Frame Place"; John Denner, whose grandmother is pictured accepting his Student Award; Mary Alice Kelly, who received an honorable mention for "Moed"; Leslie Davis, an honorable mention winner for "Garden...

  Published October 25, 2012 or Published 7 months ago - By Staff Reports

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  Make the Christmas Connection

  Kingsport's Christmas Connection will celebrate 33 years of arts and crafts beginning Friday, Nov. 2.
  Sponsored by the Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts, this year's show will be held from noon to 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; and from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Civic Auditorium next to Dobyns-Bennett High School. Admission is free.
  Christmas Connection is a charming old-fashioned festival hosting the region's best arts and crafts vendors. The ...

  Published October 25, 2012 or Published 7 months ago - By Staff Reports

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