Town of Jonesborough News Release

For Immediate Release

Monday, August 30, 2021

Contact Information

Cameo Waters

Email: CameoW@jonesboroughtn.org

Phone: 423.791.6540

The Town of Jonesborough is accepting vendor applications for the Made Around Here Market.

Each year, thousands flock to Jonesborough in November to browse through the various vendors’ booths and explore hundreds of skillfully handcrafted items. Now in its 39^th year, Made Around Here Market has grown to be a tradition for many in creating a unique shopping experience.

Made Around Here Market is accepting local and regional artisans and crafters, as well as residents from surrounding states. All items must be handmade, some examples include pottery, paintings and varied mediums, photographs, screen-printed items, seasonal décor, holiday gifts, leather items, woodcarvings and others. Artists are encouraged to demonstrate at their booth.

Made Around Here Market will be held on November 12 and 13 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. inside the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center, as well as an additional marketplace located outside in the main parking lot and greenspace areas.

For more information and to fill out an application visit Jonesborough.com/market. The deadline to apply is Thursday, September 30.

Town of Jonesborough News Release

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Contact Information

Cameo Waters

Email: CameoW@jonesboroughtn.org

Phone: 423.791.6540

Main Street Brews and Tunes continues through September

Please find photos here:

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Main Street Jonesborough’s concert series, Brews & Tunes, continues weekly with live music, a variety of craft beer and cider and rotating food trucks. The 6^th season of Main Street Brews and Tunes in Downtown Jonesborough continues through September with five concerts remaining before the close of the season. The event takes place on the International Storytelling Center Plaza every Sunday afternoon. Food and beer will be served at 4 p.m. with live music from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Each week a different brewery will be featured along with rotating food trucks which offer a variety of foods including barbeque, pizza, tacos, sweet treats and more. Gypsy Circus Cider Company will offer a cider, and non-alcoholic local root beer will be available. The music line-up for this season will feature some local favorite groups and singer/songwriters.

This Sunday, August 29, Julie Williams, whose Appalachian influences & style blends bluegrass, old-time, country, gospel, folk and a dash of rock, will play from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Brews will be on tap from Red Silo Brewing Company and Gypsy Circus Cider Company, and food will be provided by Rockin’ Rivet Pizza and Appalachian Ice.

Musicians to look forward to for the remainder of the season are My New Favorites, J.P. Mathes II and Fiddling Leona, Donnie and the Dry Heavers and Momma Molasses.

For more information go to Main Street Brews and Tunes on Facebook or call the Jonesborough Visitors Center & Emporium at 423.753.1010. This year’s event is sponsored by the Jonesborough Area Merchants Services Association (JAMSA), Main Street Café & Catering and The Jonesborough Group.

Town of Jonesborough News Release

For Immediate Release

Monday, August 9, 2021

Contact Information:

Jules Corriere

JulesC@jonesboroughtn.org

423.753.5099

StoryTown Radio Show returns this month

The StoryTown Radio Show returns this month on Monday, August 23 at 7 p.m. at the McKinney Center with a live show featuring the area’s unique trades, customs and traditions. The one-hour production is filled with tales about goat farmers, blacksmiths, masons, banjo players, cloggers, quilters, balladeers and other unique trades that were historically practiced, and still are, in this part of the country.

Scenes for the radio show are created from stories of real people in East Tennessee, and then woven into a script performed by a cast of local performers who bring alive the voice of the region.

Joining the cast this month will be music guests Rheva and Keegan, playing a blend of old time traditional and Celtic music. Also joining the cast is Anne G’Fellers-Mason, director of the Heritage Alliance, who will share stories from the archives about the historical trades once practiced on Jonesborough’s Historic Main Street.

Tickets are $5 and are available at www.Jonesborough.com/tickets or by calling the Historic Visitors Center at 423.753.1010. This production is made possible in part by a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, and is sponsored by the Wild Women of Jonesborough and Gary and Sandee Degner.  For more information, see the StoryTown Facebook page.

Town of Jonesborough News Release 

For Immediate Release

Friday, August 6, 2021

Contact Information:

Skye McFarland

skyem@jonesboroughtn.org

423.753.0562

The McKinney Center announces this month’s Conversations that Matter

“Conversations that Matter” is a monthly on-line series from the McKinney Center. The next event in this series will be Thursday, August 12 at 7 p.m. via Zoom featuring Reverend Tiffany Sapp and Edward Wolff.  This conversation will be moderated by McKinney Center volunteers Michelle Treece and, guest moderator, Brittany Butler. Register at mckinneycenter.com.

Reverend Tiffany Sapp grew up in the mobile life of an Air Force brat and experienced a variety of American culture and religious identities, but often returned to the Tri-Cities during the summers to visit her grandparents’ farm in Hidden Valley. While attending college at nearby Carson-Newman College and then seminary at Duke Divinity School, Rev. Sapp had a sense that she wanted to be a minister. In 2018, Rev. Sapp came to Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church as an intern minister and rediscovered her love for this area and its people. After completion of the internship, she served in a rigorous Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at Johnson City Medical Center. Rev. Sapp lives in Gray, Tennessee along with her tug-boat captain husband, their artsy middle school daughter, a corgi, a calico cat and a ball python. When she’s not planning religious services or doing pastoral care visits, Rev. Sapp enjoys cooking, hiking and painting.

Ed Wolff is a retired ordained minister who has lived in Jonesborough for 17 years. He has been active in lifting awareness of climate change and the need for all citizens to have adequate medical benefits.  Presently, he hosts Black/White Dialogue and is Treasurer of the Johnson City/Washington County NAACP.  With the struggle to develop an Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board in the area, he is working with a small group to develop grass roots support through processes of bringing individuals of different perspectives together to understand the need for community unity.

This monthly series is inspired by the Diversity & Equity Subcommittee at the McKinney Center, and their desire to highlight the experiences of all voices in Washington County, Tennessee, with an intention to include marginalized groups. By showcasing these conversations, the Diversity & Equity subcommittee hopes to open doors to new ideas and perspectives amongst our very own neighbors. In each “Conversation” two local guests will explore their own culture and perspective, and talk to each other about what makes them unique, discover their similarities and explore their differences. The goal of each “Conversation that Matters” is for guests and participants to hear real stories from real neighbors.

Town of Jonesborough News Release

 For Immediate Release

Monday, August 2, 2021

Contact Information

Theresa Hammons

theresah@jonesboroughtn.org

423.753.0562

Jonesborough’s Mary B. Martin Program for the Arts

to Host Regional Artists in Monthly Exhibitions

Jonesborough’s Mary B. Martin Program for the Arts will feature painter and mosaic artist Beverly Thomas-Jenkins in its next Artist Exhibition Series open to the public Friday, August 6 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The exhibitions are free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.  to 5 p.m.  The opening reception is Friday, August 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and all artwork is for sale. Thomas-Jenkins will be present for questions the night of August 6.

Thomas-Jenkins, born and raised in Texas, moved to East Tennessee in 1980.  Thomas-Jenkins grew up in a family that engulfed her in the world of art and creativity at a very early age. In 2006, Beverly began creating mosaics, “I just couldn’t stop, I love creating mosaic’s so much it is my heart and my passion,” states Thomas-Jenkins.  Through the years she has also learned the art of jewelry-making and acrylic and oil painting.  Acrylic and oil paintings will be on display at the McKinney Center from August 6 through September 10.

Thomas-Jenkins also finds inspiration from nature and her love of flowers and floral arranging.

Thomas-Jenkins teaches classes and workshops at the McKinney Center on a regular basis.  She is scheduled to teach several mosaic classes and several acrylic painting workshops this fall at the McKinney Center.  Class space is limited.  Those interested are encouraged to register online before the classes fill up.  Thomas-Jenkins will be at the McKinney Center’s Open House on Saturday, August 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The McKinney Center houses the Jonesborough Mary B. Martin Program for the Arts and boasts of their mission to be, “committed to inspiring the people of our area through both the appreciation of and the participation in the arts as a form of personal and collective expression.”  The objective of the program is to “bring the community at large closer together and show as an example to other communities the creative influence that the arts can bring to their quality of life.”

For more information, email Theresa Hammons at theresah@jonesborougtn.org or call 423.753.0562.