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:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240109T203001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T201300Z UID:10030790-1712313000-1712316600@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away" by Ketch Secor DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, April 5\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun rain cloud craft! \nAbout “Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away” \nAn Amazon Best Book of the Month! \nLorraine and her Pa Paw spend their days celebrating life with the music of the Tennessee hills. With Pa Paw’s harmonica and Lorraine’s pennywhistle\, the pair can face just about anything. But when a fearsome storm rolls in and their instruments are nowhere to be found\, can Lorraine find the music inside herself to get them through? \nAbout the Author\n \nOld Crow Medicine Show founder and Grammy award-winning musician Ketch Secor teams up with Ashley Bryan Award-winning illustrator Higgins Bond to create this sweeping\, epic Americana story about the power of music and family. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-lorraine/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Lorraine.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T203000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240216T213605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T172317Z UID:10030816-1712689200-1712694600@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Speaker Sessions: Celene Aubry on Hatch Show Print DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, April 9\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: Birthplace of Country Music Museum (in-person); YouTube (virtual) \nCost: Free and open to the public \nRSVP HERE \nJoin us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday\, April 9\, 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Speaker Sessions with Celene Aubry exploring the history and work of Hatch Show Print (HSP)\, a letterpress poster and design shop located in Nashville\, Tennessee. Founded in 1879\, HSP is still designing and printing over 600 jobs a year\, using the original wood type found on countless posters advertising carnivals\, circuses\, and vaudeville and minstrel shows of years gone by\, combined with handcarved imagery that spans the history of the shop. Though the 144-year-old business is known for its 20th century country music posters\, the work the shop has put out over five generations in operation reflects changes in technology\, communication arts\, and commerce\, as well as the evolution of popular entertainment. Celene will also be revealing a “surprise poster” during this program! \nIn-person attendees can enjoy a curator-led tour of the museum’s current special exhibit A Cardboard History of Blue Ridge Music at 6:15pm\, which features several historic Hatch Show Print posters. \nPlease note: For those attending virtually via YouTube\, the live stream will originate on the Radio Bristol YouTube channel after 6:50pm EST.  If you load the channel page before 6:50pm\, and the live stream does not automatically appear\, please refresh the page after 6:50pm. \nAbout Celene Aubry \nCelene Aubry is the Director and Print Shop Manager at Hatch Show Print\, one of America’s oldest surviving letterpress show poster and design shops. While the business thrives as a letterpress\, expanded programming includes a visiting artist program\, a gallery showcasing print-centric art\, and hands-on tours and workshops from the education space. In between poster runs and whatnot\, Celene also enjoys analog photography\, making cyanotypes and van Dyke photoprints specifically. \nAbout Hatch Show Print \nOpened in 1879\, Hatch Show Print is recognized around the world for its 19th- and 20th-century posters and billboards advertising the stars of country music\, rock n’ roll\, jazz\, carnivals\,\ncircuses\, and variety shows. This tradition continues today with its limited-edition prints and posters for shows and artists appearing live in the 21st century\, as well as prints\, cards\, gifts and more designed by the shop’s staff who draw inspiration from the vast collection of wood and metal type and handcarved print blocks created in the shop. \nYou can follow Hatch Show Print via their Instagram and X (Twitter) @hatchshowprint and on Facebook. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/speaker-sessions-celene-aubry-on-hatch-show-print/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum,Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Celene-Aubry_Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T210000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240216T202243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T202545Z UID:10030832-1712862000-1712869200@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Farm and Fun Time featuring Pony Bradshaw\, Shay Martin Lovette DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, April 11\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.\, guests are asked to be seated by 6:55 p.m.) \nLocation: Performance Theater\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nTickets: $40 \nBUY TICKETS \nHosted by Kris Truelsen and the Farm and Fun Time House Band\, Farm and Fun Time is a re-imagining of the classic WCYB Radio program of the same name that aired in the 1940s and 1950s. Radio Bristol’s Farm and Fun Time broadcasts live before a studio audience and recorded for television syndication on Blue Ridge PBS\, East Tennessee PBS\, and PBS North Carolina. It can be accessed on 100.1 FM in the Bristol area\, or online at ListenRadioBristol.org and on Radio Bristol’s free mobile app. Viewers may also tune in to watch through Radio Bristol’s Facebook page. \nAbout Pony Bradshaw \n \n\n\n\n\nOn his new album North Georgia Rounder\, Pony Bradshaw leads the listener on an exploration of the woods\, rivers\, and mountains of Appalachia\, more specifically\, the area for which the album is named and he’s called home for the past 15 years. “It’s got its hooks in me\,” Bradshaw says of North Georgia\, and it shows\, with songs that quickly establish a setting\, much like the one he initiated with the album’s predecessor\, Calico Jim. The sonic excursion includes stops along the Conasauga River\, visits to the holler\, and a few diversions—nearby Knoxville plays a supporting role\, as do Louisiana and Arkansas. It’s an impressionistic journey of introspection and connection all at once. \nWill Stewart’s tastefully-understated guitar leads and Philippe Bronchtein’s atmospheric pedal steel provide the perfect backdrop for Bradshaw’s impassioned vocals in lead-off track “Foxfire Wine.” Its swampy\, bluesy intro makes way for an interesting amalgamation of Sturgill Simpson and The Grateful Dead\, serving as the perfect aperitif for “a hell of a heaven and a hell of a show.” From that point on till the album wraps with the aptly titled “Notes on a River Town\,” not only do you see and hear North Georgia\, you even smell and taste it. \nTake\, for example\, “Safe in the Arms of Vernacular\,” a pensive\, melancholy track that delights all the senses and is reminiscent of Ray Lamontagne’s mellow side. When Bradshaw sings of the “bonafide gas mask” his Dad brought back from Desert Storm and describes the Saudi Arabian sand as turning to “glass sharp as a sultan’s sword\,” one can almost see it. As quickly as it sets the ever-vivid stage\, the track shifts its focus to a waitress downtown. “Draped in Bedouin gown\, smoking Kent cigarettes in the underground” in an attempt to “escape all those voices\,” she naturally drinks white wine—”Riesling room temp from a coffee cup\,” to be exact. \nA voracious reader\, Bradshaw credits his talent for expressing such rich details in his songs not so much to other songwriters but instead to books\, fiction\, short stories\, essays\, and literary criticism. With such colorful descriptions as “teeth stained red with Lebanese wine\, long hair … in sweeps of oil blacker than a cypress pool\,” one might assume he bases the subjects of his songs on real-life people he interacts with in North Georgia; instead\, Bradshaw describes them as “nameless characters” compiled from “fragments” he’s collected\, pieces that usually start with just a line or two. These fragments all add up to a remarkably cohesive 10-song collection\, despite Bradshaw being a self-professed admirer of (and writer of) the non-sequitur. This is thanks in no small part to his own masterful vocal delivery and the expert musicianship of his backing band\, one that includes the aforementioned Stewart and Bronchtein with Robert Green on bass\, Ryan Moore on drums\, and Jenna Mobley on fiddle. \n“I really enjoy records that are actual records of time\,” he explains. With this in mind\, Bradshaw looked to create an album that relied less on innovation and experimentation\, aspiring to capture the songs’ live spirit. He and his band did just that\, making North Georgia Rounder—vocals\, overdubs\, and all—in just five days at Jason Weinheimer’s Fellowship Hall Sound in Little Rock\, Arkansas\, where he had also tracked Calico Jim in 2020. \n“Me and balance … we’ve never really worked out\,” he confesses\, acknowledging the irony of his quest for order and structure despite having chosen a path that is often chaotic. But as he sings in the moody yet catchy “Holler Rose\,” “you’ve got to be willing to play the long game.” “If it’s worth it\, there’s a beauty in suffering\,” he explains. “It’s taken me a long time to realize that\, but I’m thankful for all those terrible decisions I’ve made.” \n“Every day\, I wrestle with the moral consequences of being a touring musician\,” he adds. “I’m always finding ways to make it okay to be doing this. I feel irresponsible sometimes\,” he professes\, “because I basically make my living off the goodwill of others and chance. So I’m always trying to battle those two things.” \n“The poet soon stops experimenting and innovating and starts his life’s work\,” Bradshaw expounds\, citing a quote from one of his favorite writers\, Wendell Berry. A single album as a life’s work may seem like a grand\, overambitious aspiration. But for Pony Bradshaw\, North Georgia Rounder is just that – a life’s work\, one that\, as he describes it\, is a culmination of “sweat and work and joy and pain and anger and patience and restraint.” \n\n\n\n\nAbout Shay Martin Lovette \n \nThe tale of wayfaring songwriter Shay Martin Lovette is shaped by an enduring creative pursuit\, an inseparable connection with the natural world\, and a deep appreciation of the nonpareil musical voices of the past. The True As They Come EP\, a new batch of homespun songs weaving intricate tales of retrospection\, self-discovery\, and the serene majesty of water will be released on April 26\, 2024. Like the winding rivers and tributaries of his Appalachian homeland\, Lovette’s music flows with emotional depth\, poetically exploring the beautiful melodies of the land and the human soul. \nLovette’s songcraft has elicited high praise from American Songwriter\, The Bluegrass Situation\, No Depression\, Under The Radar Magazine\, Glide Magazine\, and New Commute. In April of 2022\, Lovette and band capped off a tour in support of his album Scatter & Gather with a performance on the esteemed Watson Stage at Merlefest in Wilkesboro\, North Carolina. \nFarm and Fun Time is made possible by our generous sponsors Eastman Credit Union and Toyota of Bristol. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/pony-bradshaw-shay-martin-lovette/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Farm & Fun Time,Radio Bristol ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024_RB_FFT_Apr-Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T170000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20230831T230207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T162141Z UID:10030639-1713016800-1713027600@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Monthly Country Jam DESCRIPTION:Dates: Monthly every 2nd Saturday \nTime: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: FREE EVENT \nThe Birthplace of Country Music Museum hosts a monthly gathering of local musicians for a country jam session focusing on country\, old-time and blues music. The jam events are intended to provide a space for local musicians to gather and pick\, collaborate\, share their experiences\, and—most importantly—to have fun! \nCountry Jams will be held on the second Saturday of each month from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.\, serving as a great warm-up for Saturday night gigs. Musicians are asked to bring their own instruments. \nThe jams are free and open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Those just interested in attending as a spectator are also welcome at no charge. \nFor more information call 423-573-1927. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/monthly-country-jam/2024-04-13/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CountryJamWeb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T120000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240118T172836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T161119Z UID:10030807-1714212000-1714219200@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Monthly Museum Volunteer Orientation DESCRIPTION:We want YOU to join our wonderful team of volunteers at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum! \nDate: Every 4th Saturday except for October & November (3rd Saturday) and December (No Training) \nTime: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \nLocation: Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, Learning Center \nIf you have a passion for Bristol and its musical legacy and love helping others\, our museum volunteer program is the perfect fit for you! \nMuseum volunteers play a vital role in a number of key areas behind the scenes and on the front lines\, such as working as a gallery assistant or docent\, helping out in The Museum Store\, working with the public at events\, concerts\, and programs\, assisting with behind the scenes administrative or collections work and so much more! Our Museum Volunteer Orientation session gets you acquainted with every aspect of the museum to help you find your area of interest. Volunteer schedules are flexible and fun! \nIf you are interested in coming to our Museum Volunteer Training\, call 423-573-1927 or email Myrissa at volunteercoordinator@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/monthly-museum-volunteer-training-17/2024-04-27/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AshliJadenPhoto_1927SocietyConcert_Aug2023_Experience-26-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T170000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240103T203930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T202334Z UID:10030825-1714226400-1714237200@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Monthly Bluegrass Jam DESCRIPTION:Dates: Monthly every 4th Saturday \nTime: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: FREE EVENT \nThe Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, in partnership with the East Tennessee Bluegrass Association\, hosts a monthly gathering of local musicians for a bluegrass jam session. The jam events are intended to provide a space for local musicians to gather and pick\, collaborate\, share their experiences\, and—most importantly—to have fun. The jams are acoustic and only feature traditional bluegrass instruments: acoustic guitar\, upright bass\, fiddle\, mandolin\, banjo\, and dobro. \nThe jams are free and open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Those just interested in joining as a spectator are welcome at no charge. \nBluegrass Jams will be held every fourth Saturday of the month from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.\, serving as a great warm-up for Saturday night gigs. Musicians are asked to bring their own instruments. Beginner-focused hour from 2:00-3:00 p.m. \nThe sessions will be held in the Learning Center at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. \nFor more information call 423-573-1927. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/monthly-bluegrass-jam-2-2-2/2024-04-27/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/BluegrassJamWeb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240503T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240503T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240109T204017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T201158Z UID:10030791-1714732200-1714735800@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll" by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, May 3\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun guitar-art craft! \nAbout “ Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll” \nA picture-book biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, the woman who invented rock and roll—a warm\, inspiring tale of a childhood filled with music\, community\, and a drive to succeed. \n“Music is the heart of our story\,” says Momma to young Rosetta\, surprising her with her first guitar. Rosetta’s strums sound like ker-plunks. But with practice and determination\, she makes music\, fingers hopping “like corn in a kettle\,” notes pouring over the church crowd “like summer rain washing the dust off a new day.” \nIn this stunning picture book\, author and illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow imagines the childhood of Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, whose rural roots inspired the music we still hear today. \nYoung readers will see a child’s dream become reality through hard work and perseverance. And they’ll learn the overlooked story of a pioneering Black artist\, whose contribution to music history is only now being discovered. \nAbout the Author\n \nCharnelle Pinkney Barlow is an Illustrator\, expert tea drinker\, and a lover of donuts. Born and raised in Poughkeepsie\, New York\, her love of the arts grew after being introduced to the world of watercolor by her grandfather and award winning children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney. Creating images and stories that speak to the hearts of children and those that guide them is her greatest joy. Charnelle received her BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania and her MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts in New York\, New York. She now lives in Indianapolis\, Indiana with her husband Jukabiea. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-little-rosetta-and-the-talking-guitar/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Little_Rosetta.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T203000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240324T184121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240324T184121Z UID:10030820-1715713200-1715718600@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Speaker Sessions: Dave Eggar and Len Cook on Composing a Champion DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, May 14\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: Birthplace of Country Music Museum (in-person); YouTube (virtual) \nCost: Free and open to the public \nRSVP HERE \nJoin us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday\, May 14\, 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Speaker Sessions with Dave Eggar and Len Cook on “Composing a Champion: A New Horizon in Professional Performance.” \nIt takes courage to follow your dreams and create something unique. In 1927\, the people who came to Bristol to record showed that courage and sparked a revolution in music. For generations\, Bristolians embraced their art and heritage with unwavering tenacity to get Bristol recognized as the birthplace of country music. Dave Eggar and Len Cook – two high-level performers who understand the characteristics of a successful artist and what qualities contribute to courage\, resilience\, and confidence – have taken the collective experiences\, habits\, strategies\, and mindsets that have led them to success on the stage and in the ring across the country to discuss strategies for overcoming self-doubt\, performance anxiety\, and the limits we put on ourselves.  With this Speaker Sessions\, Dave and Len will share how they developed their program “Composing a Champion\,” their experience taking it on the road to 25 colleges to work with artist-side confidence-building and finding their unique voice\, and the impact this work has had. Taking inspiration from the early pioneers of Bristol\, both then and now\, join us on this journey to a new horizon in performance. \nPlease note: For those attending virtually via YouTube\, the live stream will originate on the Radio Bristol YouTube channel after 6:50pm EST.  If you load the channel page before 6:50pm\, and the live stream does not automatically appear\, please refresh the page after 6:50pm. \nAbout Dave Eggar and Len Cook \nDave Eggar is a five-time Grammy-nominated virtuoso cellist\, Harvard graduate\, and Ivy League college professor. Over the past 2 1/2 decades\, Dave has been a first-call cellist and string arranger for superstars like Coldplay\, Evanescence\, John Legend\, Lewis Capaldi and Bebe Rexha and Foreigner. He is a regular performer at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion. \nLen Cook is a career martial artist with over 20 years of experience. He is a professional MMA fighter\, undefeated professional kickboxer\, and owner and head coach of Champion Striking and Fitness in Bristol\, Virginia. As a competitor\, Len climbed his way up the ranks and quickly claimed 3 Bantamweight champion titles and was ranked as number 1 Bantamweight fighter in the Southeast region. \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/speaker-sessions-dave-eggar-len-cook-on-composing-a-champion/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum,Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MaySpeakerSession_Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T210000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240325T152839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T152949Z UID:10042292-1715886000-1715893200@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Farm and Fun Time featuring Amy Ray Band\, Angela Autumn DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, May 16\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.\, guests are asked to be seated by 6:55 p.m.) \nLocation: Performance Theater\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nTickets: $40 \nBUY TICKETS \nHosted by Kris Truelsen and the Farm and Fun Time House Band\, Farm and Fun Time is a re-imagining of the classic WCYB Radio program of the same name that aired in the 1940s and 1950s. Radio Bristol’s Farm and Fun Time broadcasts live before a studio audience and recorded for television syndication on Blue Ridge PBS\, East Tennessee PBS\, and PBS North Carolina. It can be accessed on 100.1 FM in the Bristol area\, or online at ListenRadioBristol.org and on Radio Bristol’s free mobile app. Viewers may also tune in to watch through Radio Bristol’s Facebook page. \nAbout Amy Ray Band \n \n\n\n\n\nA lot of artists defy categorization. Some do so because they are tirelessly searching for the place they fit\, while others are constantly chasing trends. Some\, though\, are genuinely exploring and expressing their myriad influences. Amy Ray belongs in the latter group. Pulling from every direction — Patty Griffin to Patti Smith\, Big Star to Bon Iver — Ray’s music might best be described as folk-rock\, though even that would be a tough sell\, depending on the song. \nRay’s musical beginnings trace back to her high school days in Atlanta\, Georgia\, when she and Emily Saliers formed the duo that would become the Indigo Girls. Their story started in 1981 with a basement tape called “Tuesday’s Children” and went on to include a deal with Epic Records in 1988\, a Grammy in 1990\, and nearly 20 albums over more than 35 years. \nRooted in shared passions for harmony and justice\, the Indigo Girls have forged a career that combines artistry and activism to push against every boundary and box anyone tries to put them in. As activists\, they have supported as many great causes as they can\, from LGBTQ+ rights to voter registration\, going so far as to co-found a Native environmental justice organization\, Honor the Earth\, with Winona LaDuke in 1993. As artists\, they have dipped their toes into a similar multitude of waters — folk\, rock\, country\, pop\, and more — but the resulting releases are always pure Indigo. \nRay’s seven studio records — and three live albums — have charted even wider seas\, from the political punk of 2001’s Stag to the feminist Americana of 2018’s Holler. Each effort seems to lean into her influences in different ways\, whether it’s the Allman Brothers or the Carter Family. One album finds the Butchies on full blast\, another features Alison Brown on bluegrass banjo. \n\n\n\n\nAbout Angela Autumn \n \nAngela Autumn is an Appalachian born musician and writer based in Nashville\, TN. She grew up playing anything from ska to rock\, but now\, living in Nashville\, she veers towards the indie side of Americana and country. She has released several albums\, including ‘Cowboy Jack Clementine’ (2023) which has been praised for its unique blend of folk and country. Her music is heavily influenced by traditional folk music. \nFarm and Fun Time is made possible by our generous sponsors Eastman Credit Union and Toyota of Bristol. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/farm-and-fun-time-featuring-amy-ray-band-angela-autumn/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Farm & Fun Time,Radio Bristol ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024_RB_FFT_May-Web-EDIT.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240109T205012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T201127Z UID:10030792-1717756200-1717759800@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "She Sang for the Mountains: The Story of Singer\, Songwriter\, Activist Jean Ritchie" by Shannon Hitchcock DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, June 7\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun mountain-art craft! \nAbout “ She Sang for the Mountains: The Story of  Singer\, Songwriter\, Activist Jean Ritchie” \nThis lyrical picture book biography of songwriter and activist Jean Ritchie-Singer traces her life from the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky to New York City and beyond as her protest songs inspired a nation. The author and illustrator previously teamed up for the stunning biography Saving Granddaddy’s Stories: Ray Hicks\, the Voice of Appalachia. \nAbout the Author\n \nShannon Hitchcock was born in North Carolina and grew up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of four middle grade novels\, Flying Over Water\, One True Way\, Ruby Lee & Me\, and The Ballad of Jessie Pearl. Her books have been featured on many state award lists and have received acclaimed reviews. Saving Granddaddy’s Stories is Shannon’s debut picture book. She recently moved to Asheville\, North Carolina\, where she can see the mountains every day. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-she-sang-for-the-mountains-2/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_She_Sang_for_the_Mountains.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T203000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240216T220253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T162844Z UID:10030817-1718132400-1718137800@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Speaker Sessions: Andrew Finn Magill on the Relationships between Irish\, Scottish\, and American Fiddle Styles DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, June 11\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: Birthplace of Country Music Museum (in-person); YouTube (virtual) \nCost: Free and open to the public \nRSVP HERE \nJoin us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday\, June 11\, 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Speaker Sessions with musician Andrew Finn Magill on “The Relationships between Irish\, Scottish\, and American Fiddle Styles: An Immigration Story.” The traditional dance music of the southern US is inextricably linked with the music of Scotland and Ireland. Andrew was born in the Appalachian mountains into an Irish-American family that plays Irish music. Since his earliest memories\, the fiddling traditions from both sides of the Atlantic have been ever present in his life and musical career. In this interactive presentation\, we will explore how the history of Scottish and Irish immigration has influenced the evolution of traditional southern fiddling. Andrew will demonstrate various fiddle styles\, bowing techniques\, and repertoires\, and the audience can ask questions. The performance is meant to be participatory and inspire larger conversations about immigration\, identity\, and Irish and Scottish music’s place in the larger tapestry of Southern culture. \nPlease note: For those attending virtually via YouTube\, the live stream will originate on the Radio Bristol YouTube channel after 6:50pm EST.  If you load the channel page before 6:50pm\, and the live stream does not automatically appear\, please refresh the page after 6:50pm. \n\n\nAbout Andrew Finn Magill\nFor twenty years North Carolina-native violinist/fiddler Andrew Finn Magill has been pursuing parallel careers in traditional Irish music\, Brazilian choro\, jazz and American fiddle. Magill learned from the best fiddlers in the world at The Swannanoa Gathering and has gone on to be a performer and headliner at festivals including Celtic Connections in Glasgow Scotland\, Malawi’s prestigious Lake of Stars Festival\, and Milwaukee Irishfest. He is a Fulbright fellow\, North Carolina Arts Council Fellow and has been featured on MTV\, TEDx\, and multiple times on NPR.\n\nHis 2016 album Roots (featuring Cillian Vallely of Lúnasa and John Doyle) debuted at number #46 on the folk DJ charts and he has released seven albums since resulting in a record deal with Ropeadope Records. He has performed with everyone from Grammy-nominees John Doyle and Trio Brasileiro to Rising Appalachia. In 2020 he released the EP Half Light with former Paul McKenna Bandmate Seán Gray and full-length album Murray & Magill with Scottish singer and guitar & bouzouki-player Alan Murray (Colin Farrell Band). In 2023 he released The Polaris Project on Ropeadope Records\, the follow up to 2021’s Festa! on the same label\, and his quartet is represented by Marsalis Mansion Artists. \n“I’m gonna keep listening for Finn Magill.”  ~ Grammy-winner Tim O’Brien \n“It’s nice to see fresh\, young musicians carrying on the traditions of Brazilian music. Finn Magill displays a love and authenticity that can fool you into thinking he is from Brazil. His style is playful and light\, yet soulful and passionate. Congratulations!”  ~ Airto Moreira (Miles Davis\, Weather Report\, Chick Corea) \n“Serene and incredibly soulful\, North Carolina fiddler Andrew Finn Magill encounters the tradition in a manner reminiscent of Keith Jarrett on The Melody at Night With You.” ~ The Irish Times \n“Andrew Finn Magill is a leading fiddler in a new generation of musicians.” ~  BBC Folk Musician of the year Martin Hayes \n“Magill’s fresh\, clear tones calls to mind Stéphane Grappelli…” ~ Songlines Magazine \n“The solo concert Finn gave at our Fellowship felt like traveling to other cultures and continents with an enthusiastic musical tour guide! From Ghana to Ireland to the Appalachian mountains\, we got to experience an incredible variety of music exquisitely performed.” ~ Sara Davis\, Music Director Miami Valley UU Church \n“What sets him apart from other virtuoso violinists and fiddlers is his incredible range of musical interests”. ~Willard Watson Program & Outreach Director\, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum \n“He interlaced musical pieces with information on the history of Celtic music in the south\, his personal journey and connection to the music\, and humor.” ~ Stephenie Berggrun\, CIT NC Certified Environmental Educator Schiele Museum of Natural History URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/speaker-sessions-andrew-finn-magill-on-the-relationships-between-irish-scottish-and-american-fiddle-styles/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum,Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Andrew-Finn-Magill_Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240705T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240705T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240109T205549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T201053Z UID:10030793-1720175400-1720179000@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "Cowboy Bunnies" by Christine Loomis DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, July 5\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun bunny-art craft! \nAbout “ Cowboy Bunnies” \nCowboy bunnies get up early to spend the day riding horses\, roping cows\, tossing hay\, and enjoying a feast around the campfire\, but when the day is over\, they head home to put on pajamas\, listen to a lullaby\, and head for bed to dream of their wonderful adventures. \nAbout the Author\n \nChristine Loomis may have a habit of writing picture books on long car trips with her family\, but “Cowboy Bunnies” was written on a plane trip. Her inspiration came from a dream her mother had one night\, of bunnies in cowboy outfits\, jumping hurdles. \nAn editor\, writer\, and children’s book reviewer\, Ms. Loomis loves in Boulder\, Colorado\, with her husband\, their three children\, and one bunny. She has written several children’s books\, and this is her first for Putnam \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-cowboy-bunnies/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Cowboy_Bunnies.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240709T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240709T203000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240219T161703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T161703Z UID:10030833-1720551600-1720557000@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Speaker Sessions: Lonnie Salyer on Record Collecting DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, July 9\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: Birthplace of Country Music Museum (in-person); YouTube (virtual) \nCost: Free and open to the public \nRSVP HERE \nJoin us on Tuesday\, July 9\, 7:00 p.m. as we host Lonnie Salyer (Big Lon) on “After The Big Bang: A Record Collector’s Discovery of Local Independent Record Labels” for our next Speaker Sessions! Big Lon will share his journey from novice record collector to local music historian\, providing an overview of the independent recording studios\, record labels\, and artists of the Tri- Cities region. In this Speaker Session\, Big Lon takes us behind the scenes of his collecting journey and radio show by sharing his digging experiences along with local vintage 78rpm and 45rpm records he’ll display and play for us. \nPlease note: For those attending virtually via YouTube\, the live stream will originate on the Radio Bristol YouTube channel after 6:50pm EST.  If you load the channel page before 6:50pm\, and the live stream does not automatically appear\, please refresh the page after 6:50pm. \nAbout Lonnie Salyer \nLonnie Salyer\, aka Big Lon\, is a local music historian who has combined his love of history and music to build a collection of rare\, locally recorded 45rpm and 78rpm records. Lonnie hosts the\nweekly show Diggin’ With Big Lon on WBCM Radio Bristol. He has appeared in articles\, podcasts\, blogs\, and on TV shows related to regional music history. Occasionally you can catch Lon doing a live record-spinning DJ set at breweries and tap rooms throughout the region. You can follow Big Lon on Facebook at Big Lon’s Crateful Dig. This summer Big Lon will be hosting the 3rd Annual Big Lon’s Vinyl Record Expo for Kingsport Funfest. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/speaker-sessions-lonnie-salyer-on-record-collecting/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum,Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Big-Lon-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T210000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240326T163024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T163024Z UID:10042291-1721934000-1721941200@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Farm and Fun Time featuring Sons of the East\, Nicholas Edward Williams DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, July 25\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.\, guests are asked to be seated by 6:55 p.m.) \nLocation: Performance Theater\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nTickets: $40 \nBUY TICKETS \nHosted by Kris Truelsen and the Farm and Fun Time House Band\, Farm and Fun Time is a re-imagining of the classic WCYB Radio program of the same name that aired in the 1940s and 1950s. Radio Bristol’s Farm and Fun Time broadcasts live before a studio audience and recorded for television syndication on Blue Ridge PBS\, East Tennessee PBS\, and PBS North Carolina. It can be accessed on 100.1 FM in the Bristol area\, or online at ListenRadioBristol.org and on Radio Bristol’s free mobile app. Viewers may also tune in to watch through Radio Bristol’s Facebook page. \nAbout Sons of East \n \nPremiere songwriters and a brilliant live act\, Sons Of The East are a remarkable independent success story. Their stellar debut album\, Palomar Parade\, has already seen over 60 million streams\, with sold out shows at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire London\, Williamsburg Music Hall New York\, Troubadour LA\, Razzmatazz Barcelona\, Metro Theatre Sydney\, Boston\, Denver & The Hague to name just a handful. \nThey have amassed an impressive 300 million streams\, 60 million YouTube views\, 2 million monthly listeners and sold over 50\,000 headline tickets throughout their career\, a testament to their growing connection with fans all around the world. A steadfastly independent trio\, Sons Of The East continue to defy genre and carve out a unique position amongst their indie folk contemporaries. \nAbout Nicholas Edward Williams \n \nHost of the popular roots music history podcast American Songcatcher\, Nicholas Edward Williams is a multi-instrumentalist and storyteller who is dedicated to “playing it forward” by preserving the songs and styles that have shaped our country: ragtime\, Piedmont blues\, traditional folk\, old time and early country. Williams has spent the last 15 years touring around the US\, the UK\, Western Europe and Australia\, blending the roots music spectrum in his own style. He’s opened for Taj Mahal\, The Wood Brothers\, Dom Flemons\, CAAMP\, John Paul White\, Town Mountain\, John Craigie\, Rachel Baiman and Lucy Daucus\, and has performed at festival stages on three continents. William’s debut record As I Go Ramblin’ Around made the International Folk Radio DJ Charts in 2019 with the #6 Top Album\, #7 Top Song. His critically acclaimed sophomore release Folk Songs For Old Times’ Sake unveiled in November of 2021 and has been heralded by the likes of Grammy-winning musician David Holt who said: “With tasteful guitar arrangements and a voice that draws you right in\, Nicholas’ recordings roll along like a mountain stream.” \nFarm and Fun Time is made possible by our generous sponsors Eastman Credit Union and Toyota of Bristol. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/farm-and-fun-time-featuring-sons-of-the-east-nicholas-edward-williams/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Farm & Fun Time,Radio Bristol ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024_RB_FFT_July-Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240109T210547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T201014Z UID:10030794-1722594600-1722598200@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile" by Gloria Houston DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, August 2\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun book-making craft! \nAbout “ Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile” \nFrom Gloria Houston and Susan Condie Lamb comes the true story of Miss Dorothy\, an enterprising and dedicated librarian who drove a bookmobile to bring books to her neighbors in Appalachia\, in this companion volume to My Great-Aunt Arizona. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling\, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. \nDorothy’s dearest wish is to be a librarian in a fine brick library just like the one she visited when she was small. But her new home in North Carolina has valleys and streams but no libraries\, so Miss Dorothy and her neighbors decide to start a bookmobile. Instead of people coming to a fine brick library\, Miss Dorothy can now bring the books to them—at school\, on the farm\, even once in the middle of a river! \nThe book won the American Association of University Women’s North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award and was selected as the Independent Bookseller’s “Inspired Recommendations for Kids.” \nAbout the Author\n \nDr. Gloria Houston is internationally known as an educator and an author of multi-award winning\, best selling books for young readers\, as well as a writer of textbooks and other teaching materials. However\, she typifies herself as “first\, last and always\, a teacher.” As an author of critically acclaimed novels and picture books for young readers\, her books have won and been listed on more than forty awards and awards lists\, with one international award. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-miss-dorothy-and-her-book-mobile/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Miss_Dorothy_Book_Mobile.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T203000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240217T173817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T162310Z UID:10030822-1723575600-1723581000@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Speaker Sessions: Brandon Story on Gospel According to Bristol DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, August 13\, 2024 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: Birthplace of Country Music Museum (in-person); YouTube (virtual) \nCost: Free and open to the public \nRSVP HERE \nJoin us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday\, August 13\, 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Speaker Sessions with Brandon Story on “Gospel According to Bristol.” Of the 76 sides recorded in Bristol in 1927\, 31 were were gospel songs. This variety of solo\, quartet\, string-band\, and full-choir gospel music allows us to sample the sacred music of the central Appalachian region in the 1920s. Brandon’s talk will focus on the recordings of Alfred Karnes\, Ernest Phipps\, The Alcoa and Stamps Quartets\, and the Tennessee Mountaineers and consider how worship traditions and beliefs influenced song selections and performance styles. \nPlease note: For those attending virtually via YouTube\, the live stream will originate on the Radio Bristol YouTube channel after 6:50pm EST.  If you load the channel page before 6:50pm\, and the live stream does not automatically appear\, please refresh the page after 6:50pm. \nAbout Brandon Story \nBrandon Story teaches English at King University. His research focuses on the ways Appalachia intersects with Modernism. His chapter “The Gospel According to Bristol: The Life\, Music\, and Ministry of Ernest Phipps” appeared in Charles Wolfe and Ted Olson’s collection The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music. As a musician\, he has performed with The Reeltime Travelers\, The Brother Boys\, and with his wife and fellow English teacher\, Mariel Story. He has also written a post on Ernest Phipps for the BCM blog. \nImage (right): The Stamps Quartet URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/speaker-sessions-brandon-story-on-gospel-according-to-bristol/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum,Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Brandon-Story_Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240110T155316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T200938Z UID:10030795-1725618600-1725622200@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "Moon Bound Girl: Harmony's World Tour" by Leigh Ann Agee DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, September 6\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun moon-art craft! \nAbout “ Moon Bound Girl: Harmony’s World Tour” \nBook #2 in the Moon Bound Girl series\, “Moon Bound Girl; Harmony’s World Tour” is a tale of a girl who discovers her passion for singing and dreams her way around the world. She quickly realizes she’s not the only one in the world shooting for that big moon in the sky. Harmony inspires girls of all ages to dream bigger no matter who you are or where you are on the planet! The book has a jacket and features a mirror inside the back cover where the reader can see themselves with their own hair in the air with butterflies! \nAbout the Author\n \nBristol native Leigh Ann Agee is a renowned artist who has been creating\, painting\, and inspiring for more than 30 years.  As an award-winning muralist\, Leigh Ann spent the first part of her career painting over 1\,000 walls and rooms throughout the southeast. She created custom murals for schools\, nurseries\, public projects and private homes. When she realized that people were connecting with her work and becoming inspired by her murals\, she set out on a journey to bring her life’s work to more people\, in a more personal manner – that’s how Moon Bound Girl was born. Leigh Ann created the Moon Bound Girl brand to house colorful characters that inspire others to hope\, love and dream\, too. Her mission is to create meaningful art that connects with the inner passion of others. Moon Bound Girl’s story – and Leigh Ann’s – show that if you follow your heart\, anything is possible. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-moon-bound-girl-harmonys-world-tour/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Moon_Bound_Girl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240110T160830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T200857Z UID:10030796-1728037800-1728041400@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: A Halloween Book for Kids" by Linda D. Williams DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, October 4\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun pumpkin craft! \nAbout “ The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: A Halloween Book for Kids” \n“A splendiferous Halloween story.” —The Horn Book \n“A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year.” —School Library Journal (starred review) \nOnce upon a time\, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night\, while walking in the woods\, the little old lady heard . . . clomp\, clomp\, shake\, shake\, clap\, clap.\nAnd the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life! With bouncy refrains and classic art\, this timeless Halloween story is perfect for reading aloud. \nA classic and fun Halloween read-aloud story that neither you nor the kids in your life will be able to resist\, whether curled up at home or in a classroom or library setting. \nAbout the Author\n \nLinda D. Williams is a writer with expertise and experience in the fields of science\, medicine\, and space. She is a former lead scientist and technical writer for NASA\, McDonnell Douglas\, Wyle Labs\, and Rice University. She writes for children and young adults\, mainly about science\, nature\, and most recently 3D printing. A microbiologist by training in the biomedical sciences division at NASA\, Williams also writes science and technology articles and books in easy to understand language so everyone can enjoy science. She also writes fiction as Quinn Cole. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-the-little-old-lady-who-was-not-afraid-of-anything-a-halloween-book-for-kids-by-linda-d-williams/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Little_Old_Lady.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240110T161621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T200830Z UID:10030797-1730457000-1730460600@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia Rylant DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, November 1\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month we will be doing a fun turkey craft! \nAbout “ The Relatives Came” \nThe relatives’ station wagon: it smelled like a real car\, looked like a rainbow\, and was roomy enough for a crowd. Lucky! Because a big crowd in all shapes and sizes piled into that old wagon at four o’clock one summer morning and piled out of it the next day at their relatives’ place on the north side of the mountains. All in good moods. The visitors settled in everywhere throughout the house\, laughing and making music and hugging everyone from the kitchen to the front room. And they stayed for weeks. Cynthia Rylant’s words and Stephen Gammell’s pictures take warm delight in the time the relatives came — when two sides of a family made one roomy middle. \nAbout the Author\n \nCynthia Rylant is the author of numerous distinguished novels and picture books for young readers. In addition to her beginning-reader series: Henry and Mudge\, Poppleton\, and Mr. Putter and Tabby\, as well as her Cobble Street Cousins early-chapter series\, she is also the author of the Newbery Medal-winning “Missing May\,” the Newbery Honor Book “A Fine White Dust\,” and two Caldecott Honor-winning picture books. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-the-relatives-came-by-cynthia-rylant/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Relatives_Came.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T113000 DTSTAMP:20240329T071601 CREATED:20240110T162057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T200708Z UID:10030798-1733481000-1733484600@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Museum Story Time - "Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story" by Cynthia Rylant DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, December 6\, 2024 \nTime: 10:30 a.m. EST \nLocation: The Learning Center\, Birthplace of Country Music Museum \nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups\, we will gather on the first Friday of each month for a music- or Appalachia-related storybook\, a tune or two by WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick\, and a related activity or coloring sheet. This month\, we will be doing a fun Christmas craft! \nAbout “ Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story” \nIn Appalachia each Christmas\, a boy named Frankie waits beside the tracks for the Christmas Train\, which will bring presents to the children who live in coal towns and hollows. Year after year\, Frankie hopes that one particular gift — one very special gift — will be tossed to him from that train. And it is this enduring hope that will guide him to the true meaning of the season. \nAbout the Author\n \nCynthia Rylant is the author of numerous distinguished novels and picture books for young readers. In addition to her beginning-reader series: Henry and Mudge\, Poppleton\, and Mr. Putter and Tabby\, as well as her Cobble Street Cousins early-chapter series\, she is also the author of the Newbery Medal-winning “Missing May\,” the Newbery Honor Book “A Fine White Dust\,” and two Caldecott Honor-winning picture books. \n  \n  URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/museum-story-time-silver-packages-an-appalachian-christmas-story-by-cynthia-rylant/ LOCATION:Birthplace of Country Music Museum\, 101 Country Music Way\, Bristol\, VA\, 24201\, United States CATEGORIES:Museum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/StoryTime_Silver_Packages.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR