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HALLOWEEN Events!
Volume 30 • Issue #47
happenings
Publisher Luci Tate Editor Graphic Arts Director Don Sprinkle
4 Halloween Parties
5 Trunk or Treating & Fall Festivals 7 Horror At Industrial Park
Cover Design Bill May
8 2016 FL3TCH3R Exhibit 10 Barter Youth Academy Expands
Advertising Dave Carter Patti Barr Sam Jones Shawn Hale Paul Kavanaugh Contributing Staff Jim Kelly Andy Ross Ken Silvers Mark Marquette Brian McManus Joshua Hicks Brian Bishop Daniel Worley Jason Worley Langley Shazor Distribution Jerry Hanger Teresa Hanger Published by Pulse Publishing, LLC., P.O. Box 3238, Johnson City, TN 37602 Phone: 423/283-4324 FAX - 423/283-4369 www.theloaferonline.com info@theloaferonline.com e-mail: editorial@theloaferonline.com (editorial) adcopy@theloaferonline.com (advertising)
11 Folktails & Campfire 12 Building 429, Colton Dixon Finding Flavor at NPAC 13 ‘The Dada Witch Project’
columns & reviews
18 Stargazer - Escape Politics To Real Alien Worlds 19 Skies This Week 20 Batteries Not Included - The Great Race Of Dorian Gray 20 The Casual Word - Shadows 21 Pop Life - Supergirl 24 The Trivial Traveler - Where James Monroe and Tyler Go 27 Appalachian Wanderers - Abrams Falls 31 Kelly’s Place - Halloween Horrors 2016 (Part 4)
14 Ballads Rock! Featured at Heartwood 15 Daryl Shawn at Acoustic Coffeehouse 22 Storytelling Live! To Showcase Award-Winning Show 23 Seats Remain On Tuckasegee River Event 28 Things To Do 29 Pets Of The Week 30 Classifieds
music & fun 16
Spotlight - Great Music 26 Puzzle Page
CORRECTION: Last weeks article, “The Jonesborough Repertory Theatre Presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a Great Halloween Classic”, had the show running til Nov. 2nd, but it will run until Nov. 6th.
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Friday, Oct. 28th
The Dawg House Tavern Halloween Party • 8pm – 2 am Cash prize for best costume picked at 12am Electric Cowboy Halloweekend Bash Wear your costume for a chance to over $2,000 in cash and prizes! (18 to enter 21 to drink)! The Hideaway Halloween Show • 10pm – 2:30am Everyone’s wearing costumes. Costume winner will win some sick merchandise The Pit Stop Halloween Bash - 9pm-midnight Dress up and come out...
The Damascus Brewery Halloween Party & Costume Contest 2pm-midnight Come show off your creative, sexy, or creepy side at The Damascus Brewery’s 4th Annual Halloween Party & Costume Contest! This is one of our favorite holidays and we do it up right with fun “finger” foods, games, and a showing of costumes like no other. Prizes for dressing up.
GSF AIRSOFT 5485 Hwy 11E Piney Flats TN 423/ 391-0121 3pm-11pm Hunt Zombies with airlift guns. Zombie trails starts at 7pm
$20 admission / $5 rental shotgun/mask/BB’s
The Vault at Capone’s Boo Bash • 8pm-10pm Electric Cowboy Come join Kappa Psi for our Halloween Party on Halloweekend Bash Oct. 28, 2016 at The Vault in downtown Johnson City $2000 in cash and prizes up for grabs. from 8pm-10pm. Wear your costume & come have a (18 to enter 21 to drink) wicked time! Hog Wild Saloon The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room Heroes and Villains Halloween Party The Halloween Masquerade - 8pm-11pm 7pm-3am $1,000 Best Costume. Get all decked out in your favorite Halloween cos$500 best couples costume tume or come be mysterious in your masquerade mask!! Your gonna have a good time! Holston River Brewing Company
Saturday, October 29th
Bear’s Bar Halloween Party - 5pm
Bristol Brewery 41 Piedmont Ave. Bristol VA 276/ 608-1220 Halloween Party • 8pm-11pm Dress your best for a costume contest at intermission of band Country Club Bar & Grill 3080 West State St. Bristol, TN 423/844-0400 Halloween Bash 10pm - 2am • $5 Cover 4 | October 25, 2016 | theloaferonline.com
2623 Volunteer Parkway, Bristol TN Halloween Costume Party • 8pm SPANK will take the stage at 10:00 pm. Costume contest. First prize - $100 gift certificate and a Night out for two. Night out includes lodging and dinner. Second prize - $50 gift certificate. Third prize - Dinner for two.. Don’t miss this one.
The Hyperion Halloween party • 9pm – 2am Superheroes and Supervillians themed. Lots of drink specials, costume contest, games, prizes. Live Music Kingsport Farmers Market Halloween Bash • 6pm-midnight Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Must be 18+ to enter, ID required.
Kingsport Moose Lodge #972 Halloween Bash - 7pm – 11pm 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes for best costume. No cover The Mecca Lounge Meccaween • 8pm - $5 • Come party with us as we celebrate Halloween this year! 21+ O’Mainnin’s Pub Halloween Madness • 10pm – 2am Live Music and madness. There will be costumes, there will be smiles.
William King Museum of Art Haunted Hill • 5pm – 8pm “Haunted Hill” Halloween extravaganza, family-fun activities will include a hay ride, a costume contest, pumpkin carving and painting, a pumpkin roll, ghost stories, a horror movie screening, a “Spook Booth” where you can take a selfie or have us take a ghoulish portrait of your friends and family, a bonfire with s’mores, sweets and treats, and more, The ghosts of artists past will roam the Museum grounds, and the ghost of William King himself will even make an appearance. Admission is $5 per person, and $3 for kids 7 and under. Wolf Hills Brewing HOWLoween • 6pm – 10pm $5 at the door. Wear your best costume-- there will be prizes, lots of great beer, food and music. Yee Haw Brewing Company Halloween party • 8pm – midnight Great music and costume contest
Sunday, October 30th
The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room Halloween Bash w/ Amythyst Kiah 8pm – 11pm • $10adv/$12dos
Monday, October 31st
Sleepy Owl Brewery HAALoween at The Owl • 8pm – 10pm Live Music •$5 cover and 18+
Wednesday, Oct. 26th
Piney Flats United Methodist Church Community Fall Festival • 5:30pm – 7:00pm Join us for an evening for the entire family! Food, lots of games and activities for everyone. Pumpkin patch for the kids, cake walk, door prizes, photo booth, lots of candy and more surprises you will not want to miss.
Greater Eastern Credit Union Community Youth Fall Festival • 11am – 2pm •Free community fall festival with inflatables, food, fun and prizes. No membership or purchase required to attend. Living Water Baptist Church Trunk or Treat • 5pm – 8pm • Trunk or treat, bonfire.
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New Beginnings Fellowship Church
Friday, Oct. 28 Fall Festival • 1pm – 6pm Join us for our Fall Festival where we’ll have fun for all ages. Country Club of Bristol Inflatables, cake walk, bingo, 4-wheeling, homemade goods for 6045 Old Jonesboro Rd. Bristol TN sale and more. 423/ 652-1700 Halloween Spooktacular Quaker Steak & Lube 5pm-8pm Kids Boo Bash •12pm – 5pm Tour the Haunted Club House, Trick or Treating, Join us for Our Annual Kids Boo Bash! Face Painting, Balloon Animals, Crafts, Snacks, Games, Prizes, Arts and Crafts, Live Music Kingsport Farmer’s Market Trunk or Treat • 7pm Join us for our Trunk or Treat! Bring your kiddos to a night of free, family fun at the Kingsport Farmer’s Market in downtown Kingsport. This event is sponsored by CrossPoint Church, Harvest Community Church, and Preaching Christ Church. Lone Oak Christian Church Fall Festival • 6:30pm – 8:00pm Games, face painting, silly family photos, snacks and of course the TREATS! Dress up the kids (nothing scary, please), invite your neighbors and bring your friends for this wonderful Fall Festival!
Bounce House (Weather Permitting)
Smith Brothers Harley Davidson Halloween Bike-r-Treat • 1pm-4pm • Bring your bagger or strap on your saddle bags, fill them up with candy, and let the kids do a little Bag-or-Treating! Parents, bring the kids down dressed in their costumes and let them trick-or-treat in style along side of great people and beautiful bikes! We will have free pumpkin painting and face painting too.
Main Street Jonesborough Halloween Haunts & Happenings • 6pm-8pm Join us in Downtown Jonesborough for a SPOOKTACULAR time of Trick-or-Treating, games, costume contest, Scary-oke & much more! Over 30 treat stops. Live music.
Saturday, Oct. 29
Boys & Girls Club of Johnson City Fun for the Whole Family Fall Festival 10:00am – 3:00pm • Free admission, over 30+ vendors and crafters, food, door prizes, pumpkin patch, face painting, cake walk and much more! Crossroads Christian Church Candy Carnival • 4pm – 6pm Gate City, Virginia King Alleyween •6pm – 8:30pm Be warned! Ghost, goblins, and really spooky things of the dark will gather in Gate City, VA! We will try to keep them busy with Trunk or Treats, activities, DJ, zombie dancing, haunted maze, and hay rides but there are no guarantees! Tell your undead friends and make this Halloween one you will never forget! Prizes: Best Trunk or Treat and Costumes!
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FESTIVALS . . . continued from page 5 State Line Baptist Church 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat 12pm-3pm FREE!!! We will have free food, games, puppet show, balloon animals, face painting, inflatables and lots of CANDY!!! Southwestern Baptist Church Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat 12pm – 3pm There will be inflatables, trunks-of-treats, hotdogs, lots of candy, and more all for FREE!! Contact the church office at 423-928-5521 The Tree Streets of Johnson City Storytelling in Veterans Park 7pm – 8:30pm Veterans Park: crafts, music, and great storytelling! Free! Tipton Haynes State Historic Site Stories from the Pumpkin Patch 4pm – 8pm Enjoy a family friendly evening with fun crafts and great stories. Roast a hot dog over an open fire. Come and sit by the warm fire in the cabin while drinking some warm apple cider. Take a hay ride around the historic grounds. Explore the spooky cave and tour the historic house. Regular admission will be charged while members are free.
Sunday, October 30th
Avoca Christian Church Trunk or Treat 6pm – 8pm Fun for the whole family. Open to everyone. Invite your friends. Horse Creek Free Will Baptist Church Trunk or Treat 6pm Food, fun, games and trunk or treating. Come dressed up, young and old. Winged Deer park Trunk or Treat 4:30pm – 10pm Bring candy to pass out for the kids.
Monday October 31st Carver Rec to host the Thirtieth Annual Halloween Festival Carver Recreation Center, 322 W. Watauga Ave. will host the Thirtieth Annual Halloween Festival on Monday, Oct. 31 from 6-9 p.m. This event is open to all ages and will include a variety of Halloween fun and games. Admission is free for kids 6-16 and; $1 for adults in costume; $2/adults without costume. Game tickets are 50 cents each. Prizes will be awarded for best costume in three age groups. For more information, please call (423)461-8830. 6 | October 25, 2016 | theloaferonline.com
HORROR AT INDUSTRIAL PARK
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orror at Industrial Park is the newest Halloween attraction to hit the Tri-cities and is unlike anything you’ve seen before. They don’t call it a haunted house for a reason. A more accurate description of an experience at Horror at Industrial Park would be getting the chance to walk through a horror movie in real time. This haunt, unlike many others, revolves around an actual story driven by sinister characters, played by talented actors. Rather than relying on simply darkness and jump scares, Horror at Industrial Park is a well-thought out concept planned to provide a unique Halloween haunt experience. You’re bombarded with video footage, lights, music, and scares from the moment you walk into to the minute you escape (if you’re lucky enough to escape that is). If you haven’t yet visited Horror at Industrial Park, make sure to check them out before the Halloween season ends. The week of Halloween, Industrial Park will be open for five nights of horror from October 26th to October 31st. Doors open at 7:30 and ticket prices range from $12 to $15 depending on night and age. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to live the story and become part of the plot at Horror at Industrial Park. For questions or more information, please visit Horror at Industrial Park’s Facebook page.
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alk of zombies has been around for centuries, if not longer. The origins of these creatures are as numerous as the legends and movies that have been created using them as the protagonist. Here is one interesting origin story courtesy of our friends at GSF Airsoft, who, coincidentally, are hosting an airsoft zombie hunt this weekend. The government has discovered a strange new Chimera virus strain discovered in a remote, top secret laboratory in the very, very remote mid-Pacific Ocean. Apparently, a foreign medical expert who was involved in the project (they call him Dr. X) has stolen some of this virus which tends to make its victims faster and stronger. No one is sure what his plans are but he probably intends to sell it to the highest bidder. In the meantime, he has infected a small community that is isolated from the rest of the world. The entire population has been turned into what we now call zombies. Dr. X controls them via pheromones. While they still look human, the frontal lobes of their brains degrade, resulting in a lack of personality. In its place, the virus stimulates the brain of the host to spread the virus by getting zombie blood on non-zombies. Dr. X releases the zombies to make their way to higher population areas. Biological Response Teams (BRT) have been sent to the outskirts of the community to contain the zombies, set up a perimeter and eradicate them. They also intend to escort Dr. X to the extraction point. Fanciful? Perhaps, but the airsoft folks intend to clean out Piney Flats this weekend!
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2016 ‘FL3TCH3R Exhibit’ fills Reece Museum with issues, visual commentary
he Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University is suddenly abuzz with statements. Its gallery is filled with artists’ representations of violence, inequity, tragedy, identity, abuse, misuse and illness. Eyes plead. Mirrors watch. Material and words tell their sad and brave stories and struggles. The stories are played out in mixed media – quilted, painted, pasted, printed, embroidered, cast in glass, inked, wood cut, sculpted, photographed, glued, stitched, carved, etched, collaged, taped and screwed on. The fourth annual “FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art,” which contains 63 pieces of socially and politically charged visual artwork, is open for viewing through Dec. 19. The exhibit was established in 2013 by ETSU art professor M. Wayne Dyer, Barbara Dyer and Carrie Dyer in memory of their son and brother, Fletcher, an ETSU senior in graphic design who passed away in 2009 at age 22 in a motorcycle accident. “Fletcher was the kind of person who liked to push you and push boundaries,” Wayne Dyer says. “He was pushing people’s buttons all the time. He couldn’t understand why his friends weren’t more concerned about what was going on in the world around them.” As a result, the multinational juried exhibit focuses on work with strong social and/or political content and reflects “current issues that affect contemporary culture and investigate societal and political concerns.” It also helps fund the annual Fletcher H. Dyer Memorial Scholarship for an ETSU Art and Design student. Spenser Brenner, exhibits coordinator for Reece Museum, says this year’s selec-
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tions are particularly powerful. “This exhibit unapologetically forces us to face society’s flaws and norms,” he said. “It forces us to start a conversation that many of us find easy to ignore. “This year’s show very much hits the viewer in the face. I am looking forward to the conversations that will immediately get ignited. I don’t believe there’s one issue that isn’t being dealt with in some form or fashion.” While visual statements on gun and race issues are most prevalent among this year’s selections, the topics they offer for conversation include gender, identity, refugees, environment, elitism, capitalism, bullying, sexual violence, child abuse, oppression, faith, patriotism, war, prescription drugs, health care, women’s rights, food waste, identity theft, AIDS, Ebola and Zika. This year’s juror, Dr. Eric Avery, notes that Fletcher Dyer was known to “rattle cages, making innovative and experimental work that exposed social and political problems. He wanted his art to improve society and quality of life.” This year’s “FL3TCH3R Exhibit” offered the “rare opportunity,” Avery says, “for artists to submit art for an exhibition that says, ‘Go for it, speak truth to power, upset our closed systems of meaning and control and help us sort it out.’ Within the ‘FL3TCH3R’ frame, I chose work from 253 submissions that might rattle cages and address issues that the ruling elites do not want people to think about.” Avery is a printmaker and recently retired physician, who for decades prac-
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FL3TCH3R . . . continued from page 8 ticed medicine and art in tandem. His complexly layered work connects issues of printmaking and art history with social concerns of public health, human rights abuse and responses to HIV/AIDS, death, sexuality and the body. Before his retirement, Avery was clinical associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and member of the Institute for Medical Humanities at The University of Texas Medical Branch, specializing in issues related to HIV/AIDS. In addition to numerous gallery exhibitions, his work is found in the permanent collections of the British Museum, London; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and others. “We are very excited to see Dr. Avery’s passionate perspective on the world via his selections,” says Barbara Dyer, co-director of the exhibit. “What he brings to campus through his planning between art and medicine is very exciting. Dr. Avery’s focus adds volumes to the social and political dialogue that should be happening when the ‘FL3TCH3R Exhibit’ is up and so close-by.” Avery’s selections include local and regional artists, as well as work from artists in 30 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and three countries. “There are at least 11 Appalachian artists,” Brenner says, “and several from our own campus community.” The exhibit offers four main cash awards plus several other awards of honorable mention. The “FL3TCH3R Exhibit” will provide additional opportunities for conversation through talks, discussions and community displays, Brenner says. Avery will share his perspectives on art and issues in his juror talk on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. in 102 Rogers-Stout Hall, with a reception at the Reece
Museum to follow from 6-8 p.m. Avery will also participate in a free public panel discussion on “Trigger Warnings and Art” on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. at the museum. A fence will be installed outside Reece Museum in the style of an outdoor memorial. “I’m really excited about the fence we will be putting up outside Reece Museum during the show, which people can pin things to in memorial to the 2016 election,” Wayne Dyer said. “This is a public way to make your feelings known in an appropriate way.” For more information about Fletcher Dyer, visit http://fletcherdyer.com/about. html. For more information about the exhibit, visit http://www.FL3TCH3Rexhibit.com and for Reece Museum, visit www.etsu.edu/reece or call 423-439-4392. For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423439-8346
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BARTER YOUTH ACADEMY EXPANDS OPERATIONS ACROSS REGION
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arter Youth Academy, one of Barter Theatre’s four education programs, expands operations this month to include two new locations and additional classes. In Abingdon, Bristol, Kingsport and Elizabethton Barter Youth Academy (BYA) is a fixture of the after-school offerings available to students. Early this November, enrollment opens to students in Johnson City, Tennessee and Marion, Virginia for the first time. “We are thrilled with the program’s growth, increasing the number of locations for 2017 means providing more children the opportunity to develBYA students perform “The Sound of Music” op and grow through theatre.” said Michael Gerber, associate director of Barter Youth Academy. Gerber adds, “More convenient locations also allows us to better serve our current students.” Barter Youth Academy is a performance-based educational program that allows students of ages 5-18 a chance to learn and develop their performance and storytelling skills. Using the acting and rehearsing techniques of the Barter Theatre’s resident acting company, students work through the theatre experience from the audition to the final performance on-stage in front of a live audience. On November 1, spring registration opens for Barter Youth Academy. Although classes will no longer be held in Elizabethton, this year’s list of upcoming locations includes Johnson City Community Theatre. Additionally, in partnership with The Wayne C. Henderson School of Appalachian Arts at The Lincoln Theatre, Marion, Virginia is the latest city to offer BYA classes. In addition to location changes this spring, BYA created new class levels for advanced young students. Although most classes do not require previous theatre experience, BYA recently introduced Troupe and now announces Junior Troupe, both higher-level classes based on age and designed to help foster advanced theatre interest and pursuit. This spring, BYA classes focus on a variety of productions, depending upon the age of participants: • “The Diary of Anne Frank” for middle and high school aged students • “Ramona Quimby” for elementary school aged students • “A Wrinkle in Time” for Junior Troupe classes • “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for Troupe classes For more information about Barter Youth Academy, call 276619-3344 or visit bartertheatre.com/education/bya. Barter Theatre, the nation’s longest running professional theatre, is located in Abingdon, Virginia. The theatre opened in 1933 during the Great Depression. Founder Robert Porterfield offered patrons admission to the theatre by bartering food and livestock. Barter Theatre was designated as the state theatre of Virginia in 1946. It exists today as one of the last year-round professional resident repertory theaters remaining in the United States. Barter Theatre is funded in part by The Virginia Commission for the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts.
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aturday, October 29th from 4 to 8pm is the twenty-second annual Stories from the Pumpkin Patch at the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site! Between 4 and 6pm there will be crafts for young children. Throughout the evening: roast hotdogs over an open fire, enjoy a hayride courtesy of Johnson City Kubota and family friendly stories, and test your bravery in a spooky cave. From 4 to 6pm, the historic house will feature regular tours, and from 6 to 8pm, chilling walk-through tours will be provided. Stop by the cabin to enjoy treats and hot apple cider. This year, enjoy stories from Libby Tipton, Cathy Rose Metcalf, and Jeff Stratton. Dubbed the “Mountain Terp Teller,” Libby Tipton utilizes a combination of sign, gesture, and voice to tell stories about her culture, subculture, and her roots in a deaf Appalachian family. Cathy Rose Metcalf works as a staff sign language interpreter at ETSU and believes that telling stories is a fun and effective way to teach about the world and increase literacy skills. Jeff Stratton, also known as “Geoffrey with a ‘G,” strongly believes that ‘Truth is best told through fiction’ and blends personal observation and his life experiences into his stories. Each of the storytellers will present several stories at different locations on the site. For those who would like to roast their own hot dog and receive a bag of chips and a water bottle, admission is $6 for adults and $4 per child under 12. Normal admission excluding the dinner is $5 per adult and $3 per children. Members are always free. Please join us at 2620 S Roan Street in Johnson City, TN for this delightful fall event. For more information please call (423) 926-3631 or visit our event page on Facebook.
VOICES OF THE MOUNTAINS CONCERT
“In Flanders Fields”
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oices of the Mountains Director W. Patrick Flannagan is proud to announce their 2016-2017 Season solo concert “In Flanders Fields” on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 7:30pm at Central Presbyterian Church in Bristol, VA. The annual Voices of the Mountains Concert showcases the outstanding talent within the choral component of Symphony of the Moun-
tains. “In Flanders Fields”, one of the pieces to be performed, was inspired by a poem turned into a choir piece of the same name written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. As McCrae was presiding over the funeral of a friend and fellow soldier who died during WWI, he was moved to write “In Flanders Fields”. With its visions of the iconic red poppies, it is the most popular and most quoted poem of WWI. Other repertoire includes “The Road Home” by Paulus, “Dona Nobis Pacem: Reconciliation” by Vaughn-Williams and the famous “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Performed in the beautiful Central Presbyterian Church sanctuary, the crystalline voices will soar to the apex of the church and fill the hall with music and remembrance. Concert tickets are just $15 and may be purchased by calling our Box Office at (423) 392-8423 or visiting our website at SymphonyoftheMountains.org. Concert tickets will be available at the door the evening of the concert. Voices of the Mountains is an auditioned regional choir of Symphony of the Mountains. If you are interested in auditioning to become a member, please contact the Symphony of the Mountains office at (423) 392-8423. theloaferonline.com | October 25, 2016 | 11
Building 429, Colton Dixon and Finding Favour at NPAC
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ollowing a successful spring run with sell-out performances, Grammy®-nominated Building 429 is joining forces once again with Dove-Award winning “American Idol” alum Colton Dixon for The Earthshaker Tour. The tour, featuring special guests Finding Favour, will provide a deep and meaningful night of worship and ministry at NPAC on October 30th at 6:30 PM. The Earthshaker Tour derives from a song on Building 429’s current top-selling album Unashamed, which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums Chart. The album’s title track and recently released video was filmed in front of thousands at a recent concert stop in Seattle. The tour has launched on the heels of the band’s brand new single “Be With Us Now.” “It’s an honor to be leading the charge on a tour that is going to be an incredible night of ministry and music,” says Building 429’s Jason Roy. “It is truly a rare thing to be sharing the stage with Earth shakers like Colton and Finding Favour. Get ready for a deep and meaningful night of worship and ministry as we celebrate the gift of Jesus Christ!” Through their songs and their high energy live shows, Building 429 is a band that has been touted throughout their 15-year career as “authentic and amazing – uplifting and unforgettable,” along with being “truly focused on bringing glory to God.” With Unashamed, Building 429 is
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taking the album’s title to heart. As they continue to boldly carry their banner proclaiming their faith through these new songs, the band is also making sure they don’t leave behind those who are struggling in their faith walk. Colton Dixon quickly became a household name in 2012 when he made it to the top seven on Season 11 of Fox’s hit show “American Idol,” and his career has been on the fast track ever since. Dixon’s 2013 debut, A Messenger, set the record for biggest first-week sales by a new solo Christian act, becoming the No. 1 selling album by a new Christian artist and the No. 9 best-selling album of 2013 in the Christian genre overall. Rounding out the tour is Finding Favour, a band who delivers soul-shaking anthems and impactful lyrics, which inspire their music and showcase their considerable talent and musical mission. Don’t miss this uplifting evening at the Niswonger Performing
Arts Center (NPAC) in historic downtown Greeneville, TN on Sunday, October 30th at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $30 for orchestra level seating, $25 for mezzanine seating and $20 for balcony seats. Tickets may be purchased online at www.npacgreeneville.com, in person at the NPAC box office, or by calling 423-638-1679. This performance is sponsored by 88.3 WCQR. NPAC offers online seat selection with no processing or delivery fees. There is a $1.50 ticketing fee per ticket regardless of purchase method. The box office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 am until 5 pm. The 1150 seat performing arts center is located adjacent to the campus of Greeneville High School. For venue information, and to purchase tickets, please visit www.npacgreeneville.com.
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‘The Dada Witch Project’ concert incorporates local folklore, history
ada Cabaret, perhaps the most creative and daring chamber ensemble in the area, will explore local legends and spooky tales in “The Dada Witch Project,” a concert to be performed Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Acoustic Coffeehouse. This program has been created through “Dada Cabaret: Engaging Audiences Through Appalachian Horror Stories,” a project by East Tennessee State University’s Dr. Heather Killmeyer that received Community Engagement Seed Grant funding from the College Music Society. Killmeyer is an assistant professor in the ETSU Department of Music. The resulting Halloween-themed program features new music and narration by Killmeyer and local writer and pianist Andrew Ford that focuses primarily on historical events in Elizabethton. “Because we are transplants from other states, Andrew and I were surprised to learn about the (1929) labor strikes at the Bemberg Rayon factory that eventually involved the National Guard,” Killmeyer said. “Andrew spent quite a bit of time researching the history of the plant, and also received valuable inDada Cabaret seeks to break the divide between audience and formation from the Watauga Historical Society. performer with its unique musical combination of oboe, tuba, “I think the audience will enjoy hearing a bit of local history – tenor and piano integrated with humorous spoken narrative and which was apparently quite frightening for just about everyone elements of theater. in town at the time – that brings up issues of class and the balance between business interests and working people that are still relevant so close to this year’s election.”
In addition to Killmeyer, who plays oboe, and Ford, who serves as narrator, Dada Cabaret includes ETSU Department of Music faculty members Dr. Stephanie Frye on tuba and euphonium and Dr. Alan Stevens, tenor. The Acoustic Coffeehouse is located at 415 W. Market St. Admission is $5 for the public and free for students with ID. The narrative portion of this recital is for mature audiences and not suitable for children. For more information, call the Department of Music at 423439-4276.
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Ballads Rock! Featured at Heartwood
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olk song collectors, sometimes referred to as “songcatchers,” have wandered the mountains of Southwest Virginia for over a century in search of traditional ballad singers. The region’s wealth of songs and singers has been well documented in the work of folklorists like Olive Dame Campbell and Englishman Cecil Sharp who published “English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians” in 1917. Fast forwarding 100 years, the region is still a rich treasure trove of singers preserving the traditional songs that represent a connection to the cultures that settled the region and the region’s history as America came into its own as a new country. On October 27, five of the region’s finest ballad and traditional singers will gather at Heartwood in Abingdon to share that legacy of song in Ballads Rock, an evening concert hosted by The Crooked Road. Ted Olson, music historian and ETSU scholar of Appalachia will serve as emcee and performer for the event and provide the context for the ballad and songs traditions that he has written about extensively in such publications as the “Encyclopedia of Appalachia.” “Southwest Virginia is certainly one of the most fertile areas in the world for the proliferation and preservation of the English-language ballad tradition,” says Olson. When Olson recently compiled a new album anthology for the Great Smoky Mountains Association that showcases ballads sung by many leading contemporary ballad singers in Appalachia, several singers had Southwest Virginia connections, including Elizabeth LaPrelle, Trevor McKenzie, Corbin Hayslett, Eugene Wolf, Dale Jett, and Carol Elizabeth Jones. “I have listened to and have sung ballads most of my life, as it is always an adventure to go on imaginative journeys to faraway times and places and to vicariously witness the experiences of fascinating ballad characters in universally relevant situations,” Olson added. Olson’s repertoire includes songs with roots that reach deep into British Isles history like Old Bangum, the universal favorite Froggie Went a-Courtin’, as well as distinctly American ballads such as John Henry. Joining Olson on stage will be Kathie Hollandsworth of Christiansburg, Kay Justice of Wytheville, Rich Kirby of Dungannon, and Katie Hoffman of Jonesborough, TN. All are known for the extensive repertoire of the region’s traditional songs and ballads they preserve. “I am always amazed by the traditional ballads and songs that musicians along The Crooked Road carry around in their heads,” said Jack Hinshelwood, Crooked Road director. “These are songs that they don’t normally present in bluegrass and old time jam session settings but they are perfect for sharing in a program dedicated to storytelling ballad songs. The format includes some singing and playing with instruments, but the focus is on presenting these songs a cappella. “When you strip the music away,” Hinshelwood says, “that’s when the songs themselves and the powerful stories they contain really shine. These songs have endured because their stories have entertained people for hundreds of years.” The Ballads Rock concert will be presented from 6:30 to 9:00 pm on Thursday, October 27 at Heartwood in Abingdon. Tickets, available at Heartwood, are $10 for adults and $5 for children 6-12. Advance tickets are $5 until October 24. Children under 6 are admitted free.
Globetrotting Fingerstyle Guitar from Pittsburgh
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ft-touring Pittsburgh fingerstyle guitarist Daryl Shawn appears in Johnson City at The Acoustic Coffeehouse on Tuesday, October 25th. The Acoustic Coffeehouse is located at 415 W. Walnut St. The performance begins at 9 p.m. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome. An alumnus of Boston’s esteemed Berklee College of Music who went on to develop his craft during five years in Oaxaca, Mexico, Shawn combines his taste for unusual chords with the guitar-thumping techniques of flamenco and rhythms culled from African music to create an eclectic mix fueled by a healthy appetite for rocking out. Guitar International magazine has noted that he “possesses the ability to take a nylon-string guitar and make it roar with dynamic precision and raging power.” Fans of Kaki King, Tommy Emmanuel and Rodrigo y Gabriela will find much to enjoy. Please visit www.darylshawn.com for much more information, including streaming audio and a full biography.
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- FRIDAY - Oct. 28th -
- TUESDAY - Oct. 25th -
CHRIS LONG / DARYL SHAWN
THE CROOKED ROAD REJECTS
ETSU BLUEGRASS, OLD TIME & COUNTRY MUSIC
ZZ TOP at Niswonger Performing Arts Center COLE KEMMER at JRH Brewing 8pm BILLY CRAWFORD BAND
at The Acoustic Coffeehouse
at Birthplace of Country Music Museum 7pm
GUIDO AU’SOME & THE OPEN MIC PLAYERS at O’Mainnin’s Pub
DOWNTOWN COUNTRY at Jiggy Ray’s 6:30pm
- WEDNESDAY - Oct. 26th -
OPEN MIC at The Acoustic Coffeehouse SINGER SONGWRITER NIGHT w/ SCOTT TUCKER at Our House Restaurant OPEN MIC at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room
OPEN MIC at Jiggy Ray’s CITY MOUSE / THE REPPERTONS BONG MOUNTAIN at The Hideaway 10pm JIM BENELISHA at The Harvest Table 6:30pm
- THURSDAY - Oct. 27th -
CIRCUS MUTT at Bone Fire Smokehouse MISFITS ACOUSTIC COVER at Capone’s 10pm
ADAM MCMILLAN (A little bit of everything)
at Rainbow Asian Cuisine
THE DIAMONDS JAZZ at Blackbird Bakery JOHN COWAN at Down Home 8pm EMI SUNSHINE & THE RAIN at Bristol’s Pickin’ Porch 7pm
OPEN MIC at Sleepy Owl Brewery 8pm JAZZ 251 at Rock’s Wood Fire Pizza & Grill 7pm MAL COOPER at The Acoustic Coffeehouse
at Bristol Brewery 8pm
at Studio Brew
JONES, SQUIBB & SUPPI w/ THE REPPERTONS at The Mecca Lounge 9:30pm THE PHOENIX BAND at The Lion’s Club 7pm BELOW 7 (Modern Rock, Alternative) at O’Mainnin’s Pub
GOAT WHISKEY DELUXE at Jiggy Ray’s CRAVER, HICKS, WATSON & NEWBERRY at The Down Home INDIGHOST / COMET CONDUCTORS FLOYD STRANGE at The Hideaway 10pm THE HOOTEN HOLLERS at Sleepy Owl Brewery
JAMES MEADOWS (Country)
THE PYTHIA / LOOSE LEAVES / BYE THE HOUR at Capone’s 10pm SULLIVAN STREET (Classic Rock to 80’s rock, modern country/rock) at The Pit Stop 9pm
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at The Damascus Brewery 7pm
SOUTHERN COUNTRYMEN BAND (Country) at Jericho Shriner’s Temple 8pm
DEMON WAFFLE w/ THUNDERCOCK at Capone’s 10pm
ANNABELLE’S CURSE at Wolf Hills Brewing 6pm A FLEETING FAREWELL / AMONG THE BELOVED / ALTERGRAVE / DEADWOOD DRIFTERS at The Mecca Lounge 8pm WHYSKEY OUTLAWS at Kingsport Moose Lodge 7pm
AMETHYST KIAH & HER CHEST OF GLASS
at The Acoustic Coffeehouse
- SATURDAY - Oct. 29th SPANK at Holston River Brewing Co. 10pm FARMHOUSE GHOST
(Americana, Alt. Country, Jam Band) at O’Mainnin’s Pub 10pm BLUEGRASS OUTLAWS at Down Home
BELOW 7 (Modern Rock, Alternative) at The Barbarosa Saloon 9pm
ROCKAFELLERS & CLOCKWORK ASYLUM at The Hyperion 9pm UNDER THE TABLE (Classic Rock n Roll)
at Bristol Show Palace 7pm
EMPIRE STRIKES BRASS
JP PARSONS & THE AMERICAN BUCKAROOS at Bristol Brewery 8pm JAMES MEADOWS (Country)
DADA CABARET / DAVID WISEMANda6d / FORT DEFIANCE
at Country Club Bar & Grill
at Quaker Steak & Lube 8pm
at Hungry I Apex
at Yee Haw Brewing Company 8pm THE OLD REGULARS (Americana) at Woodstone Deli 9pm NIGHTSHIFT (Country, Southern Rock, Oldies) at The Buffalo Ruritan 7pm
THE WHYSKEY OUTLAWS BAND
at Bone Fire Smokehouse
at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room 8pm
ADAM MCMILLAN (A little bit of everything)
- SATURDAY - Oct. 29th -
THROUGH THE WOODS THE REMNANTS & CHR at Bristol VFW 6pm NUTHIN’ NEW w/ RANDY WESTMORLAND
HANDLE BAR BETTY
at The Elizabethton Moose 9pm STAGECOACH (Classic & New Country, Southern Rock, Classic Rock, Bluegrass & Gospel) at The Silver Spur ASYLUM SUITE at JJ’s Restaurant 9pm BORDERLINE BAND at JC Moose Lodge
- FRIDAY - Oct. 28th -
If you or your band are playing in the upcoming week and would like to be in The Spotlight, call in advance to (423) 283-4324 or go online to: theloaferonline.com. Due to last minute cancellations or changes, please call the location to confirm.
SHOOTER (Country, Classic Rock, Oldies)
SAMMY GUNS, SANG SARAH & SWALLOW THE SKY at Sleepy Owl Brewery 8pm JERRY PIERCE & NIGHTLIFE BAND at The Dispensary 8pm
LAUREN COLE BAND (Blues, Rock)
at Rio’s Grill & Sports Bar
at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room 8pm
THE DIAMONDS JAZZ
at Rock’s Wood Fire Pizza & Grill 7pm
SKELETONPECKER / DEATH TRIP NERVE ENDINGS / SECRET BLEEDERS at The Hideaway 10pm
FOLK SOUL REVIVAL at Carter Fold
BLUEGRASS SWEETHEART at Bone Fire Smokehouse
MOONLIGHT RUN
at Country Club Bar & Grill
BUTCH ROSS / THE RHYTHM BREWERS at The Acoustic Coffeehouse
- SUNDAY - Oct. 30th -
THE TRAVELERS at Bone Fire Smokehouse
THE EARTH SHAKER TOUR
at Niswonger Performing Arts Center 6:30pm
CAMERON SUTPHIN STEPHEN CHOPEK at The Acoustic Coffeehouse
- MONDAY - Oct. 31st -
OPEN MIC at The Acoustic Coffeehouse
Spotlight Directory Blackbird Bakery 56 Piedmont Ave. Bristol VA 276/ 645-5754 Bone Fire Smokehouse at the Hardware 260 W Main St Abingdon Va 276/623-0037 423/391-7382 Bristol Brewery 41 Piedmont Ave Bristol VA 276/ 608-1220 Bristol’s Pickin’ Porch 620 State St Bristol 423/573-2262 Bristol VFW Post 6975 14 16th St. Bristol TN 423/ 764-0381 Buffalo Ruritan 200 Willowbrook Dr. Bluff City 423/391-7382 Capitol Theatre 104 S. Main St. Greeneville TN 423/638-1300 Capone’s 227 E Main St Johnson City 423/928-2295 Carter Family Fold 3449 A. P. Carter Hwy Hiltons VA 276/594-0676 Country Club Bar & Grill 3080 W State St Bristol 423/844-0400 The Damascus Brewery 32173 Government Rd. Damascus VA 276/469-1069 The Dispensary 271 Oak Avenue, Spruce Pine NC 828/765-0050 Down Home 300 W. Main St. Johnson City 423/929-9822 Elizabethton Moose Lodge 288 Lovers Lane Elizabethton 423/542-5454
The Harvest Table Restaurant 13180 Meadowview Sq Meadowview Va 276/944-5140 The Hideaway 235 E. Main St Johnson City 423/ 926-3896 Holiday Inn (Exit 7) 3005 Linden Dr Bristol Va 276/466-4100 Holston River Brewing Company 2621 Volunteer Pkwy Bristol TN Hungry I at the Apex 604 W. Market St. Johnson City The Hyperion 1759 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy Greenville 423/ 638-4143 Jericho Temple I-81 Airport Exit Blountville Jiggy Ray’s 610 E. Elk Ave Elizabethton 423/ 722-3410 JRH Brewing 458 W. Walnut St. Johnson City 423/ 722-3410 Kingsport Moose Lodge 301 E. Main St. Kingsport The Lions Club 116 Industrial Park Rd. Chilhowie VA 276/646-3916 The Mecca Lounge 117 Spring St Johnson City 423/928-9360 Niswonger Performing Arts Center 212 Tusculum Blvd Greeneville TN 423/ 638-1328 O’Mainnin’s Pub 712 State St Bristol 423/844-0049
Our House Restaurant 4903 N. Roan St. Johnson City 423/ 282-1555 The Pit Stop 2705 N. John B Dennis Hwy Kingsport 423/ 288-5451 Quaker Steak & Lube 629 State St Bristol VA 276/644-9647 Rainbow Asian Cuisine 2412 N. Roan St. Johnson City 423/ 232-6688 Rock’s Wood Fired Pizza & Grill 3119 Bristol Hwy. Johnson City 423 / 262-0444 Silver Spur RR 6 Gate City VA 276/ 452-2664 Sleepy Owl Brewery 151 E. Main St. Kingsport 423/390-8476 Studio Brew 221 Moore Street Bristol VA 423 / 360-3258 Wellington’s Restaurant Carnegie Hotel 1216 W State of Franklin Rd Johnson City 423/979-6400 The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room 216 E Main St Johnson City Wolf Hills Brewing Company 350 Park St. SE Abingdon VA 276/451-5470 Woodstone Deli 3500 Fort Henry Dr Kingsport 423/245-5424 Yee Haw Brewing Company 126 Buffalo St. Johnson City
KARAOKE
TUESDAY Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Boomershine’s Pizza Karaoke w/ Marques at Painter Creek Marina Karaoke at 50Fifty Sports Tavern Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN *********************** WEDNESDAY Karaoke w/ Southern Sounds Karaoke at American Legion 8pm Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Smokey Bones - Johnson City TN Turn the Page Karaoke At VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN *********************** THURSDAY Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Macado’s - Kingsport Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN Karaoke At Holiday Inn - Johnson City TN Karaoke at Jiggy’s Rays Pizzaria
Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Mellow Mushroom - Johnson City *********************** FRIDAY Karaoke w/ Southern Sounds Karaoke at Sportsman’s Bar & Grill 9pm Karaoke w/ Reverb Karaoke at The Cottage 8:30 pm Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN Karaoke At Elizabethton VFW - Elizabethton TN Karaoke w/ DJ Marques At Holiday Inn (Exit 7) - Bristol VA Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN *********************** SATURDAY Karaoke at The Horseshoe Lounge Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment At Macado’s - Kingsport Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN ***********************
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Escape Politics to Real Alien Worlds
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scape with me from U.S. politics to the real alien worlds where only robots can cast votes. This week humans saw for the first time the surface of Venus, the asteroid Gaspra and Saturn’s giant moon Titan. Also landing on another alien world to dramatically end its mission on Sept. 30, 2016 was Europe’s successful Rosetta spacecraft making a kamikaze dive on a comet. And the voting robot population on Mars is still two, NASA’s Opportunity and Odyssey. Last week, Oct. 19, a Mars lander failed that was sent by the European Space Agency (ESA). The Schiaparelli lander was a technology shakedown for a future ESA Mars lander in 2020. Carried across the Solar System aboard the now working ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, something went wrong after its release from the mother spacecraft launched March 14, 2016. ExoMars was encased in a heat shield for the high-speed slowdown from 20,000 mph reentry to a slow-down with a parachute and finally retrorockets for the final drop to the surface. ESA has said the final data transmitted to Earth reveals the parachute jettisoned early and that the landing thrusters turned on only for a few seconds, shutting down before the required 30 seconds. Communications was lost one minute before predicted landing. It may have been coming in so fast it crashed at that point. Schiaparelli was a stationary lander the size of a mini-car, and was equipped with three major scientific payloads to analyze dust in the air and atmospheric gases. The lander was named after the Italian astronomer who in 1877 sketched Mars with the famous canals. There have been 15 attempts to land on Mars, with America having all seven successes. The ESA’s first attempt with a small stationary lander Beagle 2 in 2003 never transmitted data after landing signals. A NASA Mars orbiter spotted the picnic-table sized lander intact but with a crucial solar panel for power was not deployed. The Schiaparelli failure is a problem for the car-sized MarsExo Rover, now being built for a 2020 launch and an ambitious search for life. That six-wheel rover is supposed to land with the technology of the failed mission. While Mars has eluded the Russians with any significant success, when they were the Soviet Union they owned the second planet Venus. Literally planting a Communist flag on its hellish surface on Oct. 22 and Oct. 25, 1975. First Venera 9 and then Venera 10 landed 1,300 miles apart on Venus’ 900 F. degree surface after separating from their respective orbiters. The two landers survived a fiery reentry, three parachutes, retro rockets and landing on a donut ring cushion. The first, historic black & white photos from the Venusian alien surface showed flat, rounded rocks obviously eroded in weathered, lava plain. Despite complex cooling systems and heavy-duty construction on the Venera landers, the heat and crushing atmosphere destroyed both after transmitting photos and weather data for just an hour. Venus is enshrouded in a global cloud complex of deadly carbon dioxide and sulfuric
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acid. All that weight of the atmosphere is crushing on the surface. An aluminum can would be flattened instantly, like the pressure from water at the bottom of Earth’s oceans. The Soviet Venera orbiters—and later the highly successful NASA Magellan and ESA Venus Express—penetrated that 40-mile-thick bank of clouds with radar instrument. While the surfaces of Venus and Mars are well mapped by robots, this week marks the first time we saw an asteroid close up as well as the mysterious surface of Saturn’s planet-like moon, Titan. In 1991 no one had seen close-up the surface of one of the tens of thousands of asteroids once called minor planets that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, around 500 million miles from our star. So when the Galileo spacecraft was sent on a seven-year journey to Jupiter, it targeted a close encounter with one of the small, rocky bodies of the famous belt it would be crossing. Shaped like a potato, the irregularity surprised planetary scientists as Gaspra is 12 miles long, 7 miles wide. It has craters, smooth areas and a soft, churned up appearance like our Moon. Galileo passed by another asteroid on Aug. 28, 1993 named Ida, an irregular 20 miles and heavily cratered. And it was found to have a small, half-mile long satellite named Dactyl. Both Gaspra and Ida are of the most common type of asteroids in the belt—as they are not all alike. And these “S-type” of asteroids are sources of the most common type of meteorite found on Earth, called the chondrites, the stony rocks which make up 80 per cent of alien worlds that fall to our surface. Leaving the asteroid belt and beyond Jupiter we find the incredibly geologically active cold world of Saturn moon Titan, the surface of which was first seen in October 2004 by the cloud-piercing radar of Saturn orbiter Cassini, which has made 30 more flybys since. Titan, at 3,100 miles in diameter, is larger than planet Mercury and second largest Moon the Solar System, next to Jupiter’s Ganymede. The moon is covered, like Venus, in a global cloud. But Titan’s is mostly nitrogen and methane, which rains down on the surface creating rivers and lakes of methane and ethane. All of this happening at minus -200 F. below zero! That first look at Titan tested the complex instruments on the $1 billion Cassini. Now in the last year of an extended mission, the NASA spacecraft will make some unique orbits over the ringed-world’s poles and make 22 orbits inside the gap between the rings and planet! Cassini will then be purposely burned up in the Saturn atmosphere on Sept. 15, 2017. Finally, a successful mission by ESA’s comet mission Rosetta was ended with a controlled descent to the surface of 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. After a five year chase and in orbit since August 2014, Rosetta’s solar energy was giving out so its team of planetary scientists decided to give it a fitting end on the surface of a world it intensely studied. Rosetta in November 2014 ejected a small lander the size of a washing machine called Philae, which unexpectedly bounced around in the low gravity before toppling over in a crevice. But it returned data and incredible surface photos for two days. The study of an active comet by the Rosetta spacecraft is unprecedented, and a treasure trove of knowledge about the oldest and most pristine members of our Solar System will keep planetary scientists working for decades. Alien worlds are now familiar ground to humans on Earth. You can see for yourself at many Internet locations, from NASA to ESA to Russia. It’s land surfing at its best!
Celestial events in the skies for the week of Oct. 25th-31st, 2016, as compiled for The Loafer by Mark D. Marquette.
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his is Halloween Week—and the last days of Daylight Saving Time, which ends Sunday, Nov. 6. And with the Moon waning to New phase on Sunday, the Milky Way will be gorgeous on Autumn evenings. This will be the last moonless time to see our starry Galaxy’s arm before it gets too low in the west. Also gracing the evening are planets Venus, Saturn and Mars. Tues. Oct. 25 On this 1975 date in space history, the Soviet Union landed Venera 10 on Venus. The crushing atmosphere and 900 F. degree surface heat disabled the lander after 50 minutes of transmitting data and images. Three days before its twin, Venera 9, soft-landed on Venus and sent back the first photos from that alien surface. Both landers were carried aboard successful orbiters, the entire Venera program in the 1970s being a big boost for the Soviet Union space program which lost the Moon Race to America.
Wed. Oct. 26 Spend some time outside and enjoy some starlight while taking in the neighborhood view of Autumn stripping our trees bare. Darkness takes hold around 7 pm and Venus blazes above the horizon. The brightest planet sets around 8 pm, Saturn at 9 pm and Mars around 10:30 pm, taking constellations Scorpius, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius with them. Thurs. Oct. 27 Sometime in the late evening before midnight you might look south and notice one bright star in an area of the sky that void of any more bright ones. That’s Fomalhaut, an Arabic derivative for “mouth of the fish.” It is also called “The Lonely One” as it is not just the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, but the brightest thing in the surrounding constellations of Cap-
ricornus, Grus, Microscopium and Sculptor. This amazing star actually has a ring of an evolving planetary system that has been photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Fri. Oct. 28 For early risers, the very thin crescent Moon and bright Jupiter rise at 6:30 am, about an hour before the Sun. For about 45 minutes they will be spectacular against the horizon twilight. Sat. Oct. 29 On this 1991 date in space history, the NASA probe Galileo on its way to Jupiter flew by the asteroid Gaspra, giving mankind the first close-up among the hundreds of thousands in the belt between Mars and Jupiter. Also, on 1998, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched with seven aboard on a nine-day science mission in the SpaceHab module, located in the cargo bay. Sun. Oct. 30 New Moon today, and the last Sunday of Daylight Saving Time, with the Sun setting at 6:30 pm; next Sunday it will be 5:30 pm! And about the only ones who like that are we stargazers! Venus and Saturn will be close to each other in the evening twilight. On this 1985 date in space history, Orbiter Challenger was rocketed off Earth with eight astronauts on a seven day mission of science in a West Germany-financed Spacelab in the cargo bay. Mon. Oct. 31 Halloween night will have trick-or-treaters bathed in some moonlight, and our Moon invisible, super close to the Sun, which is in the constellation Libra the Scales (not Scorpius). Still watch out all night for werewolves and vampires into the night.
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The Great Race of Dorian Gray
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ot a couple of blu-rays from Warner Archive to talk about this week. Due to life things, I only recently had a chance to watch them. One is a title most appropriate for this time of year, and one I had seen before. The other title is a film I knew only by reputation, but was most pleased to welcome to my zeitgeist. Let’s dive in with that October appropriate one—MGM’s 1945 adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Whenever MGM would adapt a literary classic they always made an effort to make it one of their prestige films of the year—keep in mind MGM was the studio that was THE prestige studio of Classic Hollywood to begin with. “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is one of those films, even in the marketing for the film, you can sense MGM not being sure how to sell it. They didn’t know if it should be marketed as a horror film, a dramatic thriller, or a romance. The horror elements are a bit downplayed in the marketing—horror was a well MGM rarely dipped their toes in. Marketing aside, MGM did turn out a truly fine film, that won that year’s OSCAR for best cinematography. The film features a stellar cast: George Sanders, Donna Reed, Peter Lawford, Hurd Hatfield, and a young Angela Lansbury in her second film role. “The Picture of Dorian Gray” was a pet project of its writer/ director, Albert Lewin, who for years had been wanting to adapt the Oscar Wilde novel. The film looks beautiful, with photography that gives it Noir tones. A most effective trick the film features are key moments when the portrait of Dorian Gray is shown it jumps from black and white to vivid, three strip Technicolor. Warner Archive’s blu-ray of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” features a very sharp, rich 1080p image, with a crisp DTS-HD Master Audio Mono soundtrack. Bonus features from the DVD release are ported over, including a very informative commentary track by Angela Lansbury, with film historian Steve Haberman. If you’re a fan of the film, or the novel, this one is worth your time. I am most sad to say that it has taken me this long to finally see “The Great Race,” Blake Edwards’ 1965 tribute to silent film comedy (the film opens with
a dedication to Laurel and Hardy). As I was watching the film I kept thinking to myself “ten year old me would have loved this,” and “this is very much like a live action, steampunk version of Wacky Races.” The latter of these facts turned out to be more in tune than I realized—the film supposedly did inspire Hanna-Barbera to create the 1970s animated series. The film is centered around a rivalry of two daredevils of the early 1900s, The Great Leslie, played by Tony Curtis, and Professor Fate and his henchman, Max— played by Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk, respectively. To bring this rivalry to an end, Leslie proposes a race—stretching from New York to Paris. Suffragette Natalie Wood joins in, demanding to a non progressive newspaper editor that she cover the race. After several tries, she winds up convincing him to let the paper sponsor a car so that she may take part in the race. Coming on the heels of the granddaddy of roadshow comedies—“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”—“The Great Race” is another full-blooded roadshow film. Shot on 65mm film, with roadshow screenings on 70mm, the blu-ray from Warner Archive includes it all—overture, intermission, entr’acte, and exit music—all by the film’s composer, the great Henry Mancini. The film runs just shy of three hours at two hours, forty minutes. I had feared that it wouldn’t be able to keep pace up during that running time—but it’s such a delightful romp, you don’t notice it, and in the end it packs a great deal into that time frame. On blu-ray “The Great Race” really shines. The wide, Panavision frame is full of clarity and vibrant color. Those 70mm roadshow prints featured a six channel soundtrack, which is included in as a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track—which sounds fantastic, with most of the audio in the front three speakers, common to six channel tracks of the time. The film was a disappointment at the box office—after having cost Warner Brothers $12 million dollars—making it the most expensive comedy of the era. However, “The Great Race” has been embraced on home video and TV airings, and was such a delight to discover, that I highly recommend you seek this one out. I think you’ll dig it. See you next week.
the casual word
By Langley Shazor
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Shadows We all have a darkness Scratching Clawing Trying to escape Wanting to be set free To emanicpate itself The abyss of oblivion To which it has been confined Locked away to never be seen Closer to the surface for some Buried deep for others Proper stimulus Will trigger in both
Unimaginable atrocities Carried out with an uncontrollable zeal Do you see it? That side of yourself? The part of the mirror That doesn’t stare back at you Looking past you It smiles Not a reflection The half that lies in wait For a crack in the glass
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3 1/2 red capes (out of 4)
he character of Supergirl first appeared in comic books in 1959, and as most of us know is Superman’s cousin. As with her cousin, Supergirl, real name Kara Zor-El, was sent from the doomed planet Krypton to Earth. Kara was 13 years old when she was sent to Earth with the purpose of watching over her infant cousin Kal-El (Supes). However, while on route to Earth her spacecraft was diverted by a shock wave into the Phantom Zone (a prison dimension featured in Superman comic books) where the craft stayed for 24 years. By the time the craft escaped the Phantom Zone and made it to Earth, Kal-El was already grown, and had become Superman. Kara had not aged during her time in the Zone, so Superman put his cousin in the care of the Danvers family. The new series “Supergirl” begins eleven years later with Kara at the age of 24, and learning how to embrace her superpowers, after keeping them hidden. The series originally began in 2015 on CBS, but moved this year to The CW, where the show can join the other DC shows. Year one of “Supergirl”not only introduced Melissa Benoist (“Glee”) as the girl of steel, but rolled out other supporting characters, which included the character of J’onn J’onzz, aka the Martian Manhunter (David Harewood), the last survivor the Martian race. The other supporting characters included James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh), Kara’s adoptive sister, and Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart), the founder of CatCo, the media company Kara begins working for. While season 1 introduced all the aforementioned characters, and more, the opening season was filled with action and excitement, and featured a highly rated crossover episode with “The Flash” television series. The freshman season also had Supergirl helping the DEO (Department of Extra-Normal Operaitons), where Alex is employed. The first season also included an appearance by the villain Silver Banshee, a character famous for her agility, superhuman strength, speed, and sonic screams, that can kill. The first season had Kara, when she wasn’t fighting crime and super villains, bouncing back and forth between her job at CatCo and her assisting DEO. Kara even manages to find time for a bit of romance with all her other activities. Season 1 ended with a character named Mon-El (Chris Wood), who has powers similar to the famous super cousins, landing on Earth in a pod, and had fans revved up for Season 2. After CBS (where the show should have never been) threatened to cancel the show, season 2 was, thankfully, moved to The CW. Season two premiered on October 10th, and began with a bang with the first full-on appearance from Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), who was visiting National City from Metropolis. Superman helped Kara fight off the newly created character of Metallo, a human/cyborg featuring a kryptonite (not good) power source, and a new organization that is determined to wipe the Earth clean of all “aliens”. The first two episodes of season 2 certainly have me pumped for new episodes, and the show will have a mega-crossover event with the other CW shows “Arrow”, “The Flash”, and “Legends of Tomorrow”. “Supergirl” is highlighted by impressive special effects and action, but would not be held together without the marvelous performance of Benoist in the title role. Every time she smiles, the screen lights up, and you can see why she was cast. Her interactions with Hoechlin’s Superman in the first two episodes were charming, and they had great screen chemistry. Hopefully, Supes will be back to the show soon. Oh, and guess who has been cast as the President in the series? Lynda Carter, the former TV Wonder Woman! It isn’t to late to fly “up, up and away” with “Supergirl” for fun filled adventures. “Supergirl” runs Monday nights at 8 on The CW. theloaferonline.com | October 25, 2016 | 21
Storytelling Live!
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n November 3, the International Storytelling Center (ISC) is excited to feature two shows only of Debra Ehrhardt’s critically-acclaimed Jamaica Farewell. This limited engagement, called “Edge-of-seat storytelling” by LA Times, comes at the end of the Storytelling Live! season, a six-month showcase of the country’s top storytellers. Jamaica Farewell tells of Ehrhardt’s true-life journey from the revolution-torn Jamaica in the 1970s to the United States. With equal parts hilarity and tenderness, she brings the audience with her, as she chronicles the life-long dream of coming to America with the danger of leaving the island of her youth behind. A series of hilarious twists and turns, including the smuggling of a million dollars and the help of an unwitting CIA agent, leaves audiences consistently enthralled and charmed. Chicago Stage Style writes, “For anyone who has ever had a dream, which is everyone, the story will resonate on a variety of different levels. You will laugh, you will cry, you will stand up and cheer.” Ehrhardt’s ability to transform the stage with her thoughts and feelings has earned her large venue performances both nationally and internationally . Jamaica Farewell is currently being adapted for the big screen. Both shows will take place on November 3 in the theater of the International Storytelling Center, with a matinee at 2pm and an evening show at 7:30. Tickets are $20 each. Reservations for this critically-acclaimed show are strongly recommended, though walk-in seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. As ISC’s renowned Storytelling Live! series winds to a close for the year, Jamaica Farewell will be followed by only a handful of other performances, including two concerts with Grammy award winner John McCutcheon and the ever-popular Christmas shows with The Uncalled for Trio (Featuring Bil Lepp, Kim Weitkamp, and Andy Offutt Irwin) and Tim Lowry’s interpretation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Information about all performers, as well as a detailed schedule for the remaining season is available at www.storytellingcenter.net. The premier sponsor of Storytelling Live! is the Heart & Soul program of Mountain States. Additional funding comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Tennessee Arts Commission, the East Tennessee Foundation, Eastman Credit Union, the Mooneyhan Family Foundation and the Niswonger Foundation. The International Storytelling Center is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. For more information about Storytelling Live! or to make a group reservation, call (800) 952-8392 ext. 222 or (423) 913-1276.
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Some seats remain on Carter Railroad Museum’s Tuckasegee River event
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ome seats remain for the East Tennessee State University’s George L. Carter Railroad Museum and the George L. Carter Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society train excursion on Saturday, Nov. 12. Ticket requests must be made by Oct. 29 and are nonrefundable. Passengers will depart from ETSU’s parking lot 22a on Go Bucs Trail by 7 a.m. and travel to Bryson City, North Carolina. They will board the Tuckasegee River Excursion train at 10:30 a.m. During the four-hour journey, the train will stop in Dillsboro for a layover to visit shops and restaurants. After returning to Bryson City, passengers may use their pre-paid admission to the Smoky Mountain Train Museum and then have dinner before boarding the buses and arriving back at ETSU at 8:45 p.m. Several classes of seating are available. First Class for $145; Crown Class at $120 for anyone age 13 or above, while children ages 2-12 may ride for $85; Coach Class is $96 for those age 13 and older, while for children ages 2-12, tickets are $70. Ticket order forms and liability waivers can be picked up at the Carter Railroad Museum on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or printed by visiting www.memrr.org, and choosing NRHS Excursions or by going to the excursions section at www.glcarternrhs.com. Checks or money orders should be made payable to George L. Carter Chapter, NRHS, and mailed, along with the ticket request and liability waiver forms, to George L. Carter Chapter, NRHS, 519 Headtown Road, Jonesborough, TN 37659. For further information, contact Charlene McLeod at 386-717-2925 or chardanmcleod35@comcast.net.
Murder Mystery Caravan @ Smokehouse BBQ
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n December of 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished from the Scottish island of Eilean Mor. This chilling tale remains one of the most intriguing mysteries in history. What happened to them? Where did they go? Join Murder Mystery Caravan as they put a fictional spin on this historical tale in the Mystery of Eilean Mor, written by Wendy Potter Overman. Maybe you can solve the mystery! Tickets are on sale now at Smokehouse BBQ 3.6 mile marker on The Tweetsie Trail 1941 Milligan Hwy, Elizabethton, TN call to make your reservation 423-547-7427. Show date is October 29. Just in time for Halloween!
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Where James Monroe and Tyler Go
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rivial Pursuit is an outstanding board game and an excellent source for developing a solid foundation of knowledge with which to bore people. Moreover, if meta-trivia is a thing, I’d argue that looking back at the chronology of the game’s editions makes for a pretty good study of the evolution of what types of trivia are considered important to society. Those of us who care can identify ‘History’ as one category that was there at the beginning and remains part of Genus (not Genius, people) XXXVII or whatever the current version is. (Science, Entertainment, and Roll Again being a few of the others.) As such, anyone claiming to be a trivia aficionado needs to have a pretty vast and varied stock of fun facts from American history in his or her repertoire – and American Presidential trivia makes for a great place to start. For instance, did you know that there is one spot from which you can see the final resting places of not one, but two of the Fab 44? That place is Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, where you can find the graves of both Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler. (I’d never guess that any other than Reagan would be buried in a place called Hollywood.) For the record, Hollywood Cemetery is also the final address for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Civil War generals George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart. President Monroe, who was lucky enough to oversee a time in our history with so little action that it’s now known as ‘The Era of Good Feelings’ lies in the black tomb pictured here behind President Tyler’s monument, Monroe is a much-respected figure from the ‘Second Greatest Generation’ of the Revolutionary War era, but John Tyler, who historians dismiss as a not-so-great president, might be more interesting. I guess even the greatest president’s reputation would take a hit if he were to renounce his citizenship and align with the enemy. Tyler actually did this, choosing to side with his home state of Virginia during the Civil War, even going so far as to serve in the Confederate Congress. He died before the war was over,
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without ever having been rehabilitated. Even now, it is said that his casket is draped with a confederate flag. If you want to know more, you can always ask Tyler’s grandkids. Apparently, Tyler men like to celebrate their virility well into old age, which is why our tenth president (1790-1862) still has two living grandsons. As Tyler was the second half of antebellum dynamic duo, Tippecanoe and Tyler Too, he reached the presidency not through direct election, but following the death of the aforementioned Tippecanoe (that’s William Henry Harrison). Since there was no provision in the Constitution for an order of succession in his day, Tyler had a pretty tough time convincing people that he was the legitimate President, often putting up with being referred to as ‘His Accidency’ or just, “Acting President”. Then again, maybe that last moniker means Hollywood is the right place for him after all.
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ho hasn’t been on a trip to Cades Cove? The peaceful mountain valley, filled with historic cabins, astounding mountain views, and what seems to be an ever-growing population of bear and deer, is by far the most popular attraction within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With an average of four million visitors per year, about as much as visit the entirety of Yellowstone National Park! For anyone who has had a morning alone wandering the fields, biking the loop road, or picnicking beside Abrams Creek, the magic of the cove is no mystery. For those who have been stuck in a traffic jam for the past two hours with no way out, however, the allure might be obscured in all the dust and exhaust fumes making their eyes water. To truly experience the beauty of this jewel of the Smokies, getting out of the car is a must. While there are views to be seen, the closer, more intimate secrets of nature much are harder to find while peering through a pane of glass. You can explore the fields and walk to the historic structures, but what better way to experience all there is to see than by taking a hike on one of the many trails which radiate out from the loop road? Rich Mountain Loop climbs the high ridges and affords sweeping views of the valley and neighboring communities just outside the park’s borders. Gregory Bald Trail leads visitors to a mountaintop pasture filled with blueberries and flame azaleas while also passing through stands of old growth forest. Abrams Falls Trail, leading to one of the park’s largest and most popular waterfalls, is one of our favorite hikes to do within the park. With a wide path, gentle climbs, and an easy day-hiking distance of only five miles roundtrip to the waterfall, this is a trail that even those who are new to hiking can enjoy. Late October is also the best time to hike it, as the autumn leaves along Abrams Creek Gorge are some of the most brilliant to be found in the area. As mentioned already, the first portion of the trail is one of the region’s most popular hikes and can be very crowded at times. If you enjoy a more secluded experience, you’ll want to be at the trailhead no later than 8:00 A.M. Located just off Cades Cove Loop Road, the parking area is reached by a gravel road turning right just before you reach the Cades Cove Visitor Center. The parking lot was recently expanded, so there should be plenty of parking available. As you head out, be sure to bring plenty of water and a pair of sturdy hiking or running shoes. You begin the trail by crossing Abrams Creek at the points where it exits the cove. Its frolicking sounds will be your companion for the rest of the journey. Keep a sharp eye on the stream, and you might be lucky enough to see a river
otter or two. These were reintroduced by the National Park Service several years ago and have made a great comeback throughout the area. Black bears and herons also make a habit of showing up near the creek as well. Throughout the next two miles, the trail makes gradual climbs over a series of small ridges. The highest and rockiest of these may require a rest or two on the way up, but a partial view of the gorge and surrounding mountains is a great reward at the top! If you are hiking through this area in late spring/early summer, check the base of the trailside cliffs here for the delicate blossoms of bleeding heart. Also, you might be aware of the significant number of downed trees along the hillsides. A large swath of forest in the western end of the national park was damaged in 2011 as an extremely rare F4 tornado ripped through the area. Although only five years have passed, the forest is already reclaiming the open areas as young pines and tulip poplars crowd together and reach for the sky. Not too much farther, and the roar of Abrams Falls can be heard far below to the left. The trail descends one last rocky ridge and crosses a footlog over a small stream. A junction in the trail is marked by a sign pointing the way to the falls as well as reminding guests not to climb on the slippery falls, an ominous reminder of several deaths that have occurred here in recent years. A rocky scramble through a boulder field will soon bring you to a clear view of the falls. The roar and mist pervade the amphitheater as the river thunders a good thirty feet onto the rocks below. A rock shelf juts out into the splash pool just beside the falls and offers a great spot to take photos. Please be careful, however, as it is usually wet and covered with moss, making it extremely slippery. On any given summer afternoon, there may be hundreds of visitors enjoying picnics on the rocks and swimming in the splash pool. No matter how many you may see in the water, please stay out! The park service advises against any swimming in the pool due to a strong undercurrent which has been known to pull people under. It is best just to enjoy the falls from the safety of dry land. If you would like to continue further on your hike, you’ll be pleased to know that the trail continues another 1.7 miles along the creek and passes by several lower falls as well. As most visitors don’t realize this, you’re more than likely to enjoy it all to yourself. Not only does it offer the chance for solitude, but it also offers some great views and passes through some unique landscapes created mostly by the 2011 tornado. Roundtrip hike to the end of the trail and back is 8.4 miles, which makes a great day hike for more experienced adventurers. However far your hike takes you, you’re sure to enjoy it here in the majesty of the Great Smoky Mountains. Directions: From U.S. 441 in Gatlinburg, drive south 2.5 miles to the Sugarlands Visitor Center. Turn right onto Fighting Creek Gap Road, and continue straight onto Little River Road. Follow this 13 miles and continue straight again onto Laurel Creek Road. After 7.5 miles, this will lead straight onto the one-way Cades Cove Loop Road. After following this 5.1 miles, make a right turn onto Abrams Falls Road. The parking lot is at the end of this gravel road.
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things to do
use one of the shared instruments, and bring a portable chair if you can. Held rain or shine April through October. Do Something BIG Bringing Hope Through Join the Facebook group for Mentoring: Big Brothers Big Sisters more information and event Have you ever wondered potential volunteers. Stringent notifications: www.facebook. how you can do something safeguards are in place to as- com/groups/drumming.in.tri. BIG to make a difference in the sure that all parties are safe. cities.tn/ life of a child in need? Some- Volunteer and parent engagetimes just having someone to ment and training also play a Johnson City Improv talk with can turn a path of big role. Games Meetup hopelessness into one of surAnyone wanting to find out Varying Times and Locations vival. That’s one of the compel- more about Big Brothers Big Have fun and laugh your way ling premises behind the work Sisters of Greater Tri-Cities to better relationships, more of Big Brothers Big Sisters of should contact the office by self-confidence, and an easier Greater Tri-Cities. Spending 2 calling 423-247-3240, or visit- life. It’s kind of like a playdate to 4 hours a month with an at- ing TennesseeBig.org.3, 2016. for adults, with very practirisk youth can help them im- Free. Info: www.folkheritage. cal applications. Newcomprove in school, their behavior org or (828)258-6101 x345. ers are always welcome. This and their self-esteem. group plays improvisational Our local Big Brothers Big Johnson City Commu- games in a safe environment Sisters office is part of one of nity Drum Circle to: lighten up, become better the oldest and largest youth Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm listeners, move our bodies (a mentoring organizations in the Farmer’s Market Pavilion @ little, at least), be present in the United States. It’s a system that Founders Park moment, build collaboration has been proven to work and A free, fun, and family-friend- skills, be spontaneous, enhance transforms the lives of children ly rhythmic experience for ev- creativity, meet new people, who might not otherwise ever erybody (not just musicians). and more. No experience necget the support they need to Come and drum, dance, hoop, essary… these are all beginnergrow and successfully meet blow bubbles, make a joyful level games designed to allow life’s challenges. noise, or just hang out and soak maximum participation. Get Child-volunteer matches in the grooves. No experience more information and sign are made based on in-depth or talent necessary. All ages up for events on Meetup.com: and comprehensive interview- and skill levels are welcome. www.meetup.com/Johnsoning with parents, children and Bring a rhythm instrument or City-Improv-Games-Meetup/ Cryptogram: People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul. Drop Quote: “Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.”
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Food for Fines & Pet Food for Fines
The Washington County Libraries are accepting donations of food for area food banks during the month of November in lieu of collecting fines for overdue materials. The Jonesborough Library will be donating their collections to the Jonesborough Area Ministerial Association’s Food Pantry (JAMA). The Gray Library is collecting for the Gray Community Chest Food Pantry. The foods needed are assorted canned food items (fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.), dried beans, cereal, peanut butter, rice and pasta, cereals, boxed dinners. Also included are baby formula and baby food. Remember though, we cannot accept glass containers, perishable food, or out-of-date items. Both libraries are also doing a Pet Food for Fines drive. Donations will go to Good Samaritan Ministries Pet Food Pantry. We can accept canned cat/dog food, cat litter, bagged food (small bags preferred), treats, and potty- pads. No open packages please! For each qualified item donated, $1.00 in fines will be forgiven. Payment for lost or damaged library materials and processing fees are not included in the program. Even if you do not have fines, please donate! There are many in our communities that depend on these services.
ing food boxes and really need your help and support for that mission. Can you help today? Please call Good Samaritan Ministries at 928-0288, drop off at 100 N. Roan Street, Johnson City or learn more at www. goodsamjc.org. Help us feed the homeless and hungry.
THRILL THE WORLD EVENT AT JOHNSON CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY!
All ages may participate in a Thrill the World Event at the Johnson City Public Library on Saturday, October 29 at 4:30 p.m. Participants should show up between 4:30 and 5:30 to sign in, review dance moves and have light refreshments. The dance will begin at 6:00 p.m. Zombie clothes and make-up are encouraged. Attendance of at least one practice beforehand is required to dance at this event. Thrill the World is an annual worldwide simultaneous dance of Thriller for world records. Thousands of people in cities around the world will learn the Thriller dance and perform it precisely at the same time. For more information about these and other Youth Services programs, please call 423-4344458.
‘Creature Feature’ Movie Night Jonesborough Library DONATIONS NEEDED! Thurs., Oct 27, 5:30 pm Good Samaritan Ministries is a local, non- profit organization that provides for the emergency needs for the homeless and low income individuals and families in eight counties. We are restocking our food pantry weekly to meet the needs of the less fortunate. Items such as canned foods, beans, mac & cheese, peanut butter, soups, flip top canned snacks, etc. are needed now. We are beginning reservations for Christmas and Thanksgiv-
‘A notorious monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula who is using Dr. Frankenstein’s research and a werewolf for some sinister purpose.’ Our show time features free drinks, Halloween candy, and popcorn. ‘Creature Feature’ Movie Night is a free event sponsored by the Friends of the Washington County Library. For more information, please call the Jonesborough Library at 753-1800.
pets of the week
Winnie is a 2 year old Jack Russell Terrier. She is spayed and up to date on all vaccines. This is the sweetest little dog. She is a little shy but so loving and so ready to be a part of a family.
Chris is a five year old Min Pin. The vet says this little fellow is 5 years old. He was a stray but a sweet friendly and lively boy! He is neutered and up to date on all vaccines. The Bridge Home has an ongoing aluminum can can collection in front of the shelter at 2061 Hwy 75 in Blountville,TN 37617. The cans are collected by a volunteer and the money from the aluminum goes towards badly needed food and supplies for the animals The Bridge Home No Kill Animal Rescue has started a pet food pantry for people that have had financial hardships because of job loss or medical problems and are struggling to feed their pet. They can come by the shelter and get cat or dog food to get through the tough time. Donations can be sent to The Bridge Home Shelter PO Box 654 Blountville, TN 37617 Every animal in their care is spayed or neutered and fully vaccinated before being adopted. Being a non profit the shelter is funded entirely by membership dues and private donations. They always need volunteers or monetary donations. Other always needed items:pet food, cat litter & cat toys dog treats & dog toys,paper towels, cleaners, office supplies,Purina weight circles. Phone: 423.239.5237 Hours are Mon-Fri 12pm-6pm Sat 12pm3pm and Sun 2pm-4pm. Website is www.bridgehomerescue@gmail. com or like them on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/bridgehome theloaferonline.com | October 25, 2016 | 29
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HALLOWEEN HORRORS 2016 (PART FOUR):
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n her famous New Republic essay, “The Movies and Reality” (August 4, 1926), Virginia Woolf observed that motion pictures (which were still in their infancy at the time of her writing) are in reality ghost stories. When we watch a movie, even a recent one, we are in effect watching the ghosts of times past, and in many cases are watching actors and actresses who are no longer alive. “We are beholding a world which has gone beneath the waves. Brides are emerging from the Abbey--they are now silent; mothers are tearful; guests are joyful; this has been won and that has been lost, and it is over and done with.” But the show still goes on and we continue sitting there watching this parade of ghosts. Is it any wonder that ghost stories, both literary and cinematic, have defined much of the horror genre? The current ghost hunting phenomenon that has produced far-too-many “found footage” movies, redefined The History Channel, and has been responsible for some very lucrative ghost hunting tourist “traps,” stands at the head of a long and cherished tradition of storytelling about departed spirits and hauntings. Some of my favorite horror movies-”The Uninvited,” “The Innocents,” “The Haunting,” “Carnival of Souls,” “Lords of Salem,” “The Shining,” and “The Others”—are superb ghost stories, and TV shows like “American Horror Story” and even “11/22/63” are firmly in the tradition of ghostly literature and campfire stories. Ghost stories, like all convincing tales, are often about more than just ghosts, because they offer insights into larger problems and concerns in society. In his essential book DARK PLACES: THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN FILM, Barry Curtis places ghost stores into a wider social context: “’Ghosts’ and the dark places where they dwell have served as powerful metaphors for persistent themes of loss, memory, retribution and confrontation with unacknowledged and unresolved histories. The relative modernity of the ghost story and its currency in popular cinema could be attributed to a need to acknowledge what has been consistently repressed in the construction of everyday bourgeois culture and its environments.” This revelation of repressed fears and anxieties defines much of the appeal that horror has had on our imaginations ever since the days of our cave-dwelling ancestors. Although I certainly don’t believe in the literal existence of ghosts, I do have a fascination with ghost stories and what they reveal about who we are. And I am willing to admit that there are some ghosts that do have a real existence-namely, the ghosts of the past that continually come back to haunt and embarrass us. There are countless places that are “haunted” by these kinds of ghosts. And these hauntings are the subject of a fascinating and just-published book by Colin Dickey, GHOSTLAND: AN AMERICAN HISTORY IN HAUNTED PLACES. I finished reading it last week and have come away with a fresh new appreciation of the many ghosts that surround us every day. Not the classic spirits, of course, but the ghosts of times past that confront us with business left undone and stories that need to be told.
In his introduction, Dickey echoes Curtis’ contention that ghost stories stand for more than just the lingering of departed spirits: “More than just simple urban legends and campfire tales, ghost stories reveal the contours of our anxieties, the nature of our collective fears and desires, the things we can’t talk about in any other way. . . .Ghosts bridge the past to the present; they speak across the seemingly insurmountable barriers of death and time, connecting us to what we thought was lost.” Most significantly, “Ghost stories are a way of talking about things we’re not otherwise allowed to discuss: a forbidden history we thought bricked up safely in the walls.” In short, Dickey proposes a new way to teach American history through its ghosts. Not the supernatural entities we encounter in horror literature and films, mind you, but the “real” ghosts that inhabit our towns and our institutions. “If American history is taught to schoolchildren as a series of great, striding benchmarks,” Dickey writes, “the history of America’s ghost stories is one of crimes life unsolved or transgression we now feel guilty about [and] the language of ghosts, it seems, has become an important (if abstract) way of talking about architecture and place. . . .Ghost stories are about how we face, or fail to face, the past--how we process information, how we narrate our past, and how we make sense of the gaps in that history.” Dickey refers to the architectural aspects of American ghosts as “ruin porn,” because some many hauntings are associated with architectural decay and neglect. In his search for haunted America, Dickey takes us on a fascinating and often frightening tour of the places that seem most haunted. There are the familiar haunted houses that reveal our insecurities about family life, restaurants, hotels and brothels that speak volumes about our restlessness and need to travel, stories about haunted prisons, asylums, and graveyards that address our concerns about the treatment of the less fortunate and misunderstood, cities and towns (i.e. Salem and New Orleans) that have more than their share of ghost lore, and a new haven for ghosts of all descriptions--the scary and truly haunted world of social media. One of the most poignant topics that Dickey explores are the many stories about the ghosts of slavery and racism. A recent movie, “Skeleton Key,” is a good example of how the ghosts of slavery and racial violence still continue to haunt us. To show that ghosts are never out of fashion, Dickey treats us to tales about a haunted Toys R Us in Sunnyvale, California. Seems that Johnny Johnson, who was killed “in some sort of machinery accident in 1884. . . . .now floats amid the board games and stuffed animals, setting off remote-controlled cars and spilling basketballs.” Of course, demonic toys often play a prominent role in horror--from creepy ventriloquist dummies and games, to dolls and battery-powered gizmos. Just think of the many movies, for example, that depict the world of childhood as a terrifying place. I urge you to read Dickey’s imaginative and thought-provoking book. It will give you new perspectives from which to think about terms like “haunted” and “ghosts.” After reading it, you won’t look at your hometown, or even your local Toys R Us, in the same way. Needless to say, I advocate adopting this as a textbook for our American History courses. Thanks for joining me for this month’s Halloween Horrors series, which comes to an end with this column (until next year, that is). Stay tuned for what might be in store at “Kelly’s Place” next week. theloaferonline.com | October 25, 2016 | 31
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