Out & About

Art Johnson City’s Wildabout Walkabout scavenger hunt includes 28 bronze animal sculptures. All the pieces have been installed downtown in and around King Commons and Founders Park and around Main and Market streets. Printed copies of the scavenger hunt clues are available at various downtown businesses and at the Johnson City Public Library.

Clues are also available online on the Johnson City Public Art website. Birding The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, will offer a monthly Birding in the Gap series on the second Saturday of each month. Participants should meet at the front gate of the museum.



The Birding in the Gap monthly series will be held rain or shine. Participants are asked to wear appropriate clothing for the weather and comfortable walking shoes. Binoculars are encouraged but not required.

Registration is not required for this program. Carousel The Kingsport Carousel is a totally renovated 1956 Allen Herschell carousel located inside the temperature-controlled “Pal’s Roundhouse” at 350 Clinchfield St. It is open Wednesday through Sunday from 12:30 to 5 p.

m. Concerts Seo Jungmin is a Korean Gayageum artist and composer who pushes the boundaries between traditional and contemporary music with her skills on the 25-string traditional Korean instrument. Seo Jungmin will give a free concert with percussionist You Byoungwook and Pansori vocalist Kim Yulhee on Nov.

20 at 7 p.m. in the Goodloe Center on the campus of Mountain Empire Community College.

For more information and to make reservations visit proartva.org . The ETSU Martin Center for the Arts will present 49 Winchester Nov.

30 at 7:30 p.m. in a special benefit concert to support Hurricane Helene relief efforts in East Tennessee, Western North Carolina and Southwest Virginia through Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee.

All proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee. To purchase tickets visit ETSUMartinCenter.org or call the Martin Center box office at 423-439-2787.

Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives will perform at East Tennessee State University’s Martin Center Feb. 6, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.

To purchase tickets visit ETSUMartinCenter.org or call the Martin Center box office at 423-439-2787. Larry Prevatte Memorial Duffield Jam will be held the first, third and fifth Thursday of each month from 6-8 p.

m. at the Thomas Village Community Center, 355 Cecil D. Quillen Drive in Duffield, Virginia.

For more information call 276-431-1083. Dance Outdoorsmen, 4535 Highway 11W, Blountville, will host Shooterband on Nov. 23 and Nov.

30. Line dance from 6-7 p.m.

The band plays from 7-10 p.m. Potluck at 6:15 p.

m. The Historic Jonesborough Dance Society holds dances at the Jonesborough Visitors Center, 117 Boone St., the second and fourth Saturday of each month.

Dancing to live music is open to community members of all ages. There will be a lesson of basic contra dance moves for beginners at 7 p.m.

with dancing from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door.

Contra dance is for all ages. No partner is needed. Contra dances are family friendly, alcohol-, tobacco- and fragrance-free.

For more information visit the group’s site on Facebook. Holiday The Kingsport Senior Center will host its annual Old-Fashioned Christmas Fair on Nov. 22-23 at the Kingsport Renaissance Center, 1200 E.

Center St. The two-day event will feature the works of more than 65 crafters from across the region. Times are 10 a.

m. to 5 p.m.

on Nov. 22 and 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. on Nov.

23. The Chuckey Depot Railroad Museum invites families to embark on a magical journey to the North Pole with a special screening of "The Polar Express" on Dec. 7 at 4 p.

m. at the Jackson Theatre in Jonesborough. Tickets include a warm cookie and a cup of frothy hot chocolate, a special post-movie visit with Santa Claus, a personal gift for every passenger, and photo opportunities with Santa.

Guests are encouraged to wear their favorite pajamas. For ticket information visit www.Jonesborough.

com/tickets or call 423-788-4909. Library fun The Mount Carmel Public Library will offer a Christmas Card Workshop Nov. 23 at 10 a.

m. The $15 cost includes all the materials for three cards. Other upcoming events are a meeting of the Readers’ Group Nov.

21 at noon (bring a book to share with the group) and Book Club meeting Nov. 21 at 6:30 p.m.

(The group will discuss "We Hope For Better Things" by Erin Bartels.) Call 423-357-4011 for more information. The Kingsport Public Library has StoryWalks next to the library in Glen Bruce Park, in Ridgefields Park and in Preston Forest Park.

Each StoryWalk features a different story, and stories are changed quarterly. The Washington County-Jonesborough Library will host Open Mic Word Nights on the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

This new program is free and open to all. Performances must be appropriate for a general audience and should not include language that is inappropriate for young audience members. Performances should be 10 minutes maximum and can include storytelling, poetry, comedy, riddle, spoken word and more.

All ages welcome. For more information visit wclibrarytn.org or call 423-753-1800.

Planetarium Bays Mountain Park Planetarium has debuted a new show. “Phantom of the Universe – The Hunt for Dark Matter” is now showing as the main planetarium program through Dec. 31.

The show will take place Tuesday through Friday at 4 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays at noon and 4 p.

m. The 35-minute show is followed by a live tour of the night sky using the planetarium’s optical star projector. The alternate planetarium feature showing Saturdays and Sunday at 2 p.

m. through Dec. 31 will be “Appalachian Skies.

” Project Friendship Project Friendship by the Kingsport Altrusa Club is continuing its meet-and-greet events at Shooters Billiards in Kingsport on the second and fourth Fridays at 6 p.m. starting in September.

This event is for anyone who works from home, is new to the area, or just doesn’t get out often. It’s a low-key way to meet others and have fun! Text to 423-384-0425 for more information. Reunion Gate City High School Class of 1968 will have its annual Christmas breakfast on Saturday, Dec.

7, at Golden Corral in Kingsport at 9 a.m. For more information call 423-276-2594.

Science Hands On! Discovery Center is an all-ages science center that offers a guest experience that includes fun, interactive programs and immersive, STEM-based exhibits for the whole family as well as exhibits and information about the Gray Fossil Site, an active fossil dig site dating back 5 million years. Tickets may be purchased at https://visithandson.org/tickets .

StarWatch Bays Mountain Park’s night sky observing sessions — StarWatch — has returned for the fall season. StarWatch sessions allow the public to enjoy the splendor of the night sky at Bays Mountain Park’s observatories. If the weather is poor, the park will have an alternate activity in the planetarium theater.

StarWatch sessions will be held Nov. 16, 23 and 30 at 6 p.m.

For more information call 423-229-9447. Theater Tusculum University will host performances of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the schools's Behan Arena Theatre Nov. 16, 21, 22 and 23 at 7 p.

m. and Nov. 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 2 p.

m. For ticket information, visit https://www.onthestage.

tickets/tusculum-university . Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, will present ”A Christmas Carol” now through to Dec. 22 on the Gilliam Stage.

For ticket information call 276-628-3991 or visit www.bartertheatre.com .

Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, will present ”Go Tell It On The Mountain” Nov. 20 to Dec. 29 at Barter’s Smith Theatre.

For ticket information call 276-628-3991 or visit www.bartertheatre.com .

Theatre Bristol will present "Scrooge! The Musical" on the Paramount Bristol stage Nov. 22-24 and Dec. 6-8.

Show times are Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 5:30 p.

m., and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at www.ParamountBristol.org .

Or call 423-212-3625. Jonesborough Repertory Theatre will present "A Christmas Story, The Musical" Dec. 5-21.

To purchase tickets visit jonesboroughtheatre.com . "A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage" is coming to East Tennessee State University’s Martin Center Dec.

17 at 7 p.m. After the final bow, the audience will be invited to join the Peanuts gang in singing traditional Christmas songs and carols.

To purchase tickets visit ETSUMartinCenter.org or call the Martin Center box office at 423-439-2787. Trains The Kingsport Model Trains Project operates eight model train layouts in six rooms at the Lynn View Community Center including a 24-by-20 “O” scale representation of the Santa Train.

There is a workday every Tuesday from 1-4 p.m. and an open house the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.

m. to 2 p.m.

Special hours/days are possible for events/birthday parties. Call 423-502-5359, email [email protected] or check us on Facebook.

The Chuckey Depot Museum in Jonesborough is open free of charge, but donations are appreciated. Attendees can visit the museum Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m.

and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.

m. For more information visit Jonesborough.com or call 423-753-1010.

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