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March 19, 2009
Scoring Smiles
Harlem Globetrotters score big with crowds of all ages.
Review: Barter’s ‘Four Places’ Invites Discussion About Aging
Legend has it that, during the 19th century, Texas Rangers about to do battle with the notoriously cruel Comanches were advised to always keep one bullet in reserve – for themselves – rather than risk capture by an enemy that prided itself in keeping captives alive and conscious for days and days of innovative tortures.
March 15, 2009
Barter Theatre Stages A Classic
ABINGDON, Va. – “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck’s poignant masterpiece, is back on the Barter Theatre’s main stage for the first time in 12 years.
March 05, 2009
Review: ‘Adjoining Trances’ Explores Two Tortured, Successful Lives
Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers epitomized what many people think “serious” writers have to be: troubled, conflicted, psychotic, devil-haunted, alcoholic, addicted, and roaring hell-bound for an early grave.
Short Takes: Dehlia Low, a Celebration of Dance, Pokey LaFarge and More
A glimpse of entertainment in the region.
February 25, 2009
Theatre Bristol Holds Auditions For “Alice in Wonderland”
Theatre Bristol will be holding open auditions for the timeless children’s tale, “Alice in Wonderland”. Those interested in the role of Alice, ages 10-16, may audition on Sunday March 15th at 2:30 p.m. Auditions for all other roles will be held on Monday March 16th and Tuesday March 17th at 7 p.m.
February 19, 2009
Ready To Rumble!
Kofi Kingston Among Wrestlers Coming To Bristol For Feb. 21 WWE Raw Event
February 15, 2009
A Timless Tribute: Paramount Fundraiser Set For Feb. 22
Event To Feature Music, Art And More
A Timeless Stage: Memories Of The Paramount
Area Residents Share Their Memories Of The Historic Paramount
February 12, 2009
Review: ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Coat’ at Barter
Anybody expecting a quiet opening of Barter Theatre’s 76th season – with the economy being what it is and all – doesn’t know Richard Rose, Barter’s hard-driving top banana, aka producing artistic director, and his jumping bunch of equally ebullient actors, technicians and just plain folks who make Barter the miracle that it is.
February 10, 2009
King College Performers To Present ‘Scenes and Revelations’
King College Theatre Workshop presents “Scenes and Revelations” by Elan Garonzik.
February 08, 2009
Paramount Tribute To Be Held Feb. 22
BRISTOL, Tenn. – “Timeless ... A Tribute to the Paramount Center for the Arts” is a fundraiser saluting the downtown Bristol venue.
The event will be a gathering of musicians, artists, vocalists and dancers from the region, as well as from Boston and Chicago, and will take place on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m.
January 30, 2009
Photography Contest Planned
Photography Done Right, in association with Bays Mountain Park, is hosting the first-ever Bays Mountain Park Photography Competition.
E&H Theatre Students Going to Regional Competition
For the second year in a row, the Emory & Henry College Theatre Department will be represented by eight students at an upcoming regional competition.
January 29, 2009
Review: Small Troupe to Pull Off Big Finale
Hey, I just saw a raw, un-costumed and unpolished rehearsal of the Royal Oak Players’ upcoming dinner theater production of “You Know the Old Slaying.”
January 27, 2009
Hitz! Hits Paramount Feb. 5
“Puttin’ On The Hitz!” comes to the Paramount Center in downtown Bristol on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m.
January 24, 2009
Lincoln Theatre To Kick Off Winter Gala
On Saturday, Jan. 31, The Lincoln Theatre in Marion will host a fundraising gala to start festivities for the 5th anniversary of the theater’s reopening.
January 22, 2009
Paramount Players To Perform At King College
King College will host a concert by the Paramount Players on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Memorial Chapel.
January 14, 2009
Review: ‘Smoke on the Mountain’ is Tuneful and Inspiring
Wytheville’s Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre is kicking off 2009 with a truly wonderful mix of gospel music and “witnessing” as the Sanders Family Singers come back to the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church for “Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming.”
January 11, 2009
Spring Into The Arts
Film Series, Concerts, Much More On Tap For Mountain Empire
ABINGDON, Va. – Virginia Highlands Community College will open its Spring Semester Arts Array’s Film Series with “Pete Seeger: The Power of Song,” a documentary about the legendary folk singer and composer who helped shape a generation with his songs.
The film will be shown on Jan. 19-20, at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Abingdon Cinemall.
Now in its 38th year, the Arts Array Film Series showcases documentaries, foreign films and independent American films that are not shown in the commercial theaters in the Tri-Cities region. According to Ben Jennings, Arts Array coordinator, there is a need for the series.
“Many of the most critically acclaimed films never get to the commercial theaters in the area,” Jennings said. “And there are a lot of film buffs who still value seeing movies where they were intended to be experienced – on a big screen in a movie theater.”
January 02, 2009
Vote for the Best of Bristol
You can download the form to vote for the Best of Bristol here at TriCities.com.
December 18, 2008
Review: Two Christmas Productions on Stage at Barter Theatre
For those sad souls completely convinced that if it isn’t stamped “Made in China” or needs batteries that it can’t be Christmas, I extend my sincere condolences.
If you find lumps of high-sulfur bituminous in your stockings Christmas morning, don’t try to pawn the fault off on me.
For the rest of us, who still believe Christmas, Hanukah, the Winter Solstice or whatever else anyone chooses to call it means something special, may I suggest you treat yourself to one or both of the Barter Theatre’s magnificent, uplifting and soul-warming holiday productions.
December 07, 2008
ETSU Student Achieves Dream Of Designing Video Games
Jonathan Phebus is 27 years old, attends ETSU, and does what many kids can only dream of. He designs video games. While he works as a programmer and has been doing that since he was five, that’s not where his passion lies. Plus, stocking stuffers for the video gamer in your life.
December 04, 2008
Annual Christmas Story Contest Deadlines Dec. 8 at Noon
Share thoughts of holiday season and enter Christmas story contest
November 30, 2008
REVIEW: Biggest Surprise In ‘Role Models’ Is Its Nonstop Laughs
If audience laughter is the best barometer of a comedic film, then “Role Models” is a winner.
November 27, 2008
‘Religulous’ Review: Maher Should Stay on HBO, Forget Documentaries
Ever since the release of comedian Bill Maher’s “Religulous,” I wondered how the documentary would play in this part of the Bible Belt. I figured it would be a tough sell but didn’t expect to be the only one in the theater.
November 24, 2008
Country Christmas at Winged Deer Park
The Johnson City Parks and Recreation Department will host a Country Christmas at the Robert Young Cabin on Friday, Dec. 5 from 6-9 p.m.
November 20, 2008
A Christmas ‘Miracle’
Actors Rehearse For Classic Holiday Play
ABINGDON, Va. – On a cold and blustery night as snow lingered in the clouds, a dozen or so actors gathered on a third-floor soundstage.
It’s Sunday night. Several blocks from Barter Theatre’s main stage and less than a week from opening night of “Miracle on 34th Street,” actors young and old ran through the play.
Set to run from Nov. 21 through Dec. 28, the play draws from the classic film from 1947.
Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle won an Academy Award for best supporting actor. Veteran actor Rick McVey fills the role at Barter.
“It has its challenges because it is Santa Claus,” McVey said. “You have to do it from the heart and not from the head.”
A Wonderful Show
Radio play Based On Holiday Movie Can Be Seen On Nov. 24
Return to the days of live radio. Voices carried over the airwaves like beacons from faraway lands to ignite imaginations gathered around millions of radios.
So it goes with “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.”
Scheduled to stage at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol, Tenn. on Nov. 24, the show will not exactly transmit via the airwaves, but it sure recalls days of yore when live radio dramas dominated many a radio in many a living room.
Joe Landry wrote the play nearly 20 years ago while still in high school. A fan of the Frank Capra classic film version of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” when Landry’s interest in old-time radio shows grew, he decided to adapt his version as if it were a radio show on stage.
“It’s a lost art, writing a radio play,” Landry said last week from his home in Fairfield, Conn. “There’s a tip to nostalgia, but I also tried to keep it relevant.”
November 02, 2008
Operas Recommended For Group Attendance
BRISTOL, Va. – The Metropolitan Opera will return to Tinseltown, 3004 Linden Drive with the following live performances at 1 p.m.:
Nov. 22: Berlioz: “La Damnation de Faust” with Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani and John Relyea.
Feb. 7: Donizetti: “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon.
March 7: Puccini: “Madama Butterfly” with Cristina Gallardo-Domas and Marcello Giordani.
March 21: Bellini: “La Sonnambula” with Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez.
May 9: Rossini: “La Cenerentola” with Elina Garanca and Lawrence Brownlee.
Tickets are $15 for ages 11 and under, $22 for ages 12-64 and $20 for ages 65 and older. Call (276) 669-0588.
