BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Birthplace of Country Music - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Birthplace of Country Music REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DTSTAMP:20240328T165912 CREATED:20230216T204317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T171908Z UID:10022969-1679529600-1704067199@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:I've Endured: Women in Old-Time Music Special Exhibit DESCRIPTION:March 23 – December 31\, 2023 \nLocation: Special Exhibits Gallery\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \n“Congratulations to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum for honoring the women of old-time music with their own exhibit. These women were from the hills and hollers of the rural south\, who helped plant musical seeds for all of us. My momma could have been in that exhibit\, since she taught us kids old ballads and immigrant songs\, gave us a love for music\, and access to banjos\, fiddles\, and a wash-tub bass. It’s great to see the seeds growing\, from Mother Maybelle Carter all the way to my fellow-Tennessean Amythyst Kiah.” ~ Dolly Parton \nVisit the “I’ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music” website. \nThe Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Historic Downtown Bristol honors the hidden heroines\, activists\, and commercial success stories of women who have impacted the roots and branches of old-time music in a new special exhibit\, “I’ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music\,” on display March 23 – December 31\, 2023. Created by a women-led content team\, this will be the first exhibition curated by the museum that will eventually travel to other institutions. \nA commercial career in music may never have occurred to many women tending large families and domestic responsibilities. Women were frequently tied to the home. Others were discouraged or even forbidden by their husbands to keep their music going at home or to play in public. Some women were influenced by their church leaders to stay away from dancing and the music that surrounded it. In many cases women had fewer opportunities than men to make a viable career from their music. Nonetheless\, several found ways to work within these challenges – and move beyond them – in order to pass on old-time music\, and the related genres of country and bluegrass\, as performing musicians or in other roles in music. \n“I’ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music” spotlights commercial success stories and iconic musicians like Mother Maybelle and Sara Carter\, Ola Belle Reed\, Elizabeth Cotten\, Lily May Ledford\, Hazel Dickens\, Etta Baker\, and Alice Gerrard. It also includes women who have impacted the genre in other ways\, such as Audrey Hash Ham\, Florence Reece\, Helen White\, Anne Romaine\, and Bernice Johnson Reagon. By showcasing today’s torchbearers and innovators\, the exhibit also illuminates the ways that women are carrying the old-time genre forward and the work still to be done to open it up to other underrepresented communities. Women like Rhiannon Giddens\, Martha Spencer\, Carla Gover\, Suzy Thompson\, and Amythyst Kiah are but a few examples of students of old-time who are blazing new trails. The content development team interviewed dozens of contemporary female old-time musicians and industry professionals as part of the exhibit. \nSpecial Thanks \nThis exhibit has been funded in part by grants from Virginia Humanities\, the Massengill-DeFriece Foundation\, and the IBMA Foundation\, along with local women-led business sponsorship from Friends of Southwest Virginia\, The Crooked Road\, Artemis Consulting Services\, LLC\, Bristol Ballet\, Suzi Griffin (Studio 6)\, Kim Sproles (KS Promotions)\, and Kayla Stevenson (Matte Nail Bar). East Tennessee Foundation Arts Fund provided grant funding for related public programming\, and the Virginia Tourism Corporation provided grant funding for the exhibit’s website. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/ive-endured-women-in-old-time-music-special-exhibit/ CATEGORIES:Museum,Special Events,Special Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_BCMM_WIOTM_Web-e1684265675903.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240722 DTSTAMP:20240328T165912 CREATED:20240103T153201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T163653Z UID:10030786-1705363200-1721606399@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Special Exhibit: A Cardboard History of Blue Ridge Music DESCRIPTION:Dates: January 16 – July 21\, 2024 \nLocation: Special Exhibits Gallery\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nBUY TICKETS \nA Cardboard History of Blue Ridge Music highlights the history of old-time\, country\, and bluegrass music in the Blue Ridge region through vintage show cards\, concert posters\, Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame plaques\, and related objects. Originally\, window cards and other announcement posters were created to advertise upcoming entertainment events staged by troupes of traveling performers. By design\, they were printed on inexpensive paper or cardboard to last only a few months as they were nailed to telephone poles\, plastered onto the sides of buildings\, and placed in store windows. After the event\, most were discarded or left to deteriorate outdoors. This display features 52 rare\, original concert announcements\, dating back to as early as 1939\, that somehow survived over these many years. \nBased on the vast and wide-ranging collection of Tom Murphy\, the exhibit will give visitors a window into the careers and impact of numerous well-known musicians\, such as Roy Acuff\, Kitty Wells\, Flatt & Scruggs\, The Monroe Brothers\, Lulu Belle and Scotty\, Mac Wiseman\, Clarence “Tom” Ashley\, Jim and Jesse McReynolds\, and many others. The connection between many of these artists to early radio and barn-dance style shows – including Bristol’s very own Farm and Fun Time – is also explored. \nTours of the special exhibit “A Cardboard History of Blue Ridge Music” are included in the price of regular museum admission to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, or you may visit the special exhibit only at a reduced cost. Reduced museum admission pricing for seniors\, students\, active military\, and groups of 20 people or more are available. Additionally\, the museum is a participating member of Museums for All\, supporting those receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits who may tour the museum for a minimal fee of $3 per person for up to four people. \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/special-exhibit-a-cardboard-history-of-blue-ridge-music/ CATEGORIES:Museum,Special Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024_BCMM_CardboardHistory-Web-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR