The Boy Scouts of America will host an American Flag Retirement Ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday at the Abingdon Muster Grounds in Abingdon, Va. June 14 is Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the American Flag by the Second Continental Congress. Worn flags will be honored by being properly retired. Take your worn flags and join the tradition. The ceremony will be conducted around an outdoor camp fire. Some
AFTER EARTH A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige and his legendary father, Cypher, stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and
It’s Encore Theatrical Company’s first encore. After a successful run Mother’s Day weekend, Encore is bringing back “Love, Loss and What I Wore,” the popular production featuring stories about women and their ties through clothing. The original setting was the Higher Ground building downtown, but for this second run it will be at the Hillside Grill. “We talked to Dino (Angelos) at the Hillside Grill, and they were very excited,”
A number of Tennessee museums are participating in the Blue Star Museums program, a collaboration between the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense. More than 1,800 museums across the country will offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day. “Our work with Blue Star Families and with more than 1,800 museums ensures that we can reach
The Niswonger Performing Arts Center (NPAC) presents Lonesome River Band on Saturday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $22.50 for adults and $12.50 for students. This concert is the headline entertainment for “Greeneville Summer Music Fest,” a fund raising event presented by the Greeneville High School Band Boosters from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the campus of Greeneville High School. The event includes a “Music on the Porch”
Voted Best Local Band in Nashville by The Tennessean, the four classically trained musicians of Harpeth Rising give an exciting and distinctively new sound to the folk genre. The band will be playing in Cosby Saturday, March 9. The group met at the Indiana University School of Music and were united – and continue to be driven by – their eclectic musical interests. They began performing as a quartet in
The judges and the people have spoken. This year’s most talented duo in Morristown is Brooke and Tori Roberts. The duo won Tuesday’s finale of the Morristown’s Got Talent competition at the Rockin’ Porch downtown. For winning the competition the duo will receive a photo shoot with Jerry Seals Photography and a two-hour recording session at Next Door Recording Studio. The winners will also serve as the opening act for