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• JCSO presents the 'Great French Finale' at Seeger Chapel

  Mar. 20
  7:30 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  The Johnson City Symphony Orchestra presents 'The Great French Finale' at the Seeger Chapel on the campus of Milligan College with guest artists David Runner, organ and Gregory Turay, tenor.
  
  Location - Seeger Chapel, Milligan College
  "the Great French Finale"
  Saint Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

• JCSO Presents 'From Russia with Love' at Seeger Chapel

  Feb. 13
  7:30 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  Johnson City Symphony Orchestra present a night of fine entertainment at the Seeger Chapel on the campus of Milligan College. Performing will be guest artist Ella Chang on the violin.
  
  "From Russia With Love"
  Nicolai: Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
  Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
  Borodin: Symphony No. 2

• Folk Soul Revival at Poor Richard's Campus

  Feb. 12
  10:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  FSR will be making their first appearance at Poor Richard's (Campus), right down from ETSU, this Friday the 12th. This is Valentine's weekend...sorta, so come on out for a fun night of music, suds, romance and rowdyness.

• 25 ta Life, Fingers Crossed, In Time, & Rape Victim at the Hideaway

  Feb. 28
  7:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. See 25 ta Life, Fingers Crossed, In Time, & Rape Victim at the Hideaway Sunday night.
  
  Show starts at 7.

• Signs of Hope, Some Gave All, Stonghold, & In Time at the Hideaway

  Feb. 26
  7:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. See Signs of Hope, Some Gave All, Stonghold, & In Time at the Hideaway Friday night.
  
  Show starts at 7.

• A Storm Of Light, US Christmas, Via Vengeance, & Ocoai at the Hideaway

  Feb. 20
  9:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. See A Storm Of Light, US Christmas, Via Vengeance, & Ocoai at the Hideaway Saturday night.
  
  Show starts at 9.

• Dead Sea Surfers & Martians Go Home! at the Hideaway

  Feb. 19
  10:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. See the Dead Sea Surfers & Martians Go Home! at the Hideaway Friday night.
  
  Show starts at 10.

• Woman & Mountains of Moss at the Hideaway Friday

  Feb. 13
  10:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. See Woman & Mountains of Moss at the Hideaway Saturday night.
  
  Show starts at 10.

• Antiseen, Skeleton Pecker, the Business Machines at the Hideaway

  Feb. 12
  9:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. See Antiseen, Skeleton Pecker, and the Business Machines at the Hideaway Friday night.
  
  Show starts at 9.

• Acoustic night with William Robert Wight at the Hideaway

  Feb. 11
  9:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. It's Acoustic night with William Robert Wight at the Hideaway Thursday night.
  
  Show starts at 9.

• the Red Chord, Low Sky, Pillarist at the Hideaway

  Feb. 10
  7:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  A Hideaway always brings you the best and freshest sounds from the underground. Downtown Johnson City is the place to be for the heavy and avant-garde. See the Red Chord, Low Sky, Pillarist at the Hideaway Wednesday night.
  
  Show starts at 7.

• BCMA Presents Riders in the Sky at the Paramount (Show and Workshop)

  Mar. 27
  3:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  The Birthplace of Country Music Alliance proudly presents the Riders in the Sky, Saturday March 27, 2010 at The Paramount Center for the Arts in historic downtown Bristol TN/VA for a concert at 7:30pm and workshop at 3:00pm.
  
  For thirty years Riders In The Sky have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre. And while remaining true to the integrity of Western music, they have themselves become modern-day icons by branding the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, and all along encouraging buckaroos and buckarettes to live life "The Cowboy Way!" Riders In The Sky are exceptional not just in the sense that their music is of superlative standards (they are the ONLY exclusively Western artist to have won a Grammy, and Riders have won two), but by the fact that their accomplishments are an exception to the rule as well.
  
  Ticket prices are $25, ($15 students) and may be purchased at The Paramount Center for the Arts box office at 423.274.8920 or visit www.theparamountcenter.com or www.etix.com

• Annual Candy Contest Scheduled March 12th

  Mar. 12
  11:00 AM
  By Jared Bentley

  The Bristol Public Library announces their 4th Annual Homemade Candy
  Contest on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the J. Henry Kegley
  Meeting Room. This event is free and open to the public. Entry forms will
  be available at the library and should be returned on or before 10:30 a.m.
  the day of the event.
  
  Each contestant should submit approximately 30 pieces to be split between 4
  judges and distributed for other contestants to enjoy. Samples should be
  submitted on a non-returnable dish. Recipes should be printed on the back
  of entry form, or on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper and are subject to be
  printed in library publications or website. Entry form should be filled out
  in its entirety. Contestants will be separated by categories by types of
  candy and by age group.
  
  A pastry chef from the Southeast Culinary & Hospitality College will
  perform a demonstration while judges look over candies. Prizes and
  certificates will be awarded to participants. For questions, call 276-821-
  6148 or email <mailto:emily@bristol-library.org> emily@bristol-library.org.

• Kari's Heart Foundation Presents "Tri-Cities Got Talent"

  Mar. 12
  5:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  Preliminary auditions are NOW being scheduled for March 12th, 13th & 14th at the Holiday Inn Johnson City.
  
  Don't miss your chance to show us your talent!
  
  The winners of the preliminary auditions will advance through the competition and be given a chance to perform in the finals competition at Freedom Hall on April 24th, 2010. This winner will be sponsored to audition for NBC's "America's Got Talent"!
  To enter a preliminary audition, simply complete this entry form and mail it with your entry fee ($40)to:
  Kari's Heart Foundation, Inc.
  PO Box 6165
  Johnson City, TN 37602
  Kari's Heart will promptly inform you of your audition time via email. You can also access a list of the scheduled auditions on line at karisheartfoundation.org.
  
  To access a complete breakdown of the preliminary audition rules, eligibility requirements & your opportunity to advance to the "finals" held at Freedom Hall on April 24th, please visit the Kari's Heart Foundation web-site at karisheartfoundation.org.
  
  Thank you and Good Luck!

• Sunday Fun: Live-blogging the Grammys

  By Jared Bentley

  I haven't watched the Grammys in years, it's just not my bag. If there is something amazing that happens, I can check it out on youtube, so I generally pass. I'm married now, though. You make compromises.
  
  So, I'm watching the Grammys and all of a sudden J. Lo announces that there is a Broadway musical based on the music and story of Green Day. This is Green Day, the Billie Joe Armstrong vehicle that was supposed to keep punk "real". The same Green Day that would never "sell out".
  
  I myself have no problem with anyone selling out, or at least I didn't think I did. This just sort of crosses the line.
  
  Green Day has long fought the battle against their staunch critics that they are genuine, that they are the epitome of the punk ethos. Through the acoustic stylings of their second album, they were still accepted because they said it was the "punk" thing to do. They were not only accepted by the punk world again, they were lauded for the direction they had taken and sold millions of records.
  
  When they played covers, it was cool because they did so reverently and showed their true background. A punk background. So what if they had major money in the bank and showed us their cribs on MTV? They were punks through-and-through.
  
  When they took the stage with the world's biggest band, the punks still bought it. Their single with U2 sold a lot and sent money to Katrina victims. I thought it was great. I thought it was respectable. I thought it was rather selfless, while still in a somewhat self-aggrandizing non-punk way.
  
  Tonight should cement their lack of punkness, though. I mean, there were dancers, broadway singers, chorus line chicks, and a lot of guys who looked like they were wearing way too much gel to be hardcore. There was lace, for cripe's sake. Lace?!?!?
  
  Beyonce just won an award for a song that sounds just like everything else on the radio today, while Kings of Leon looked on knowing that their song was superior in every way. Isn't everything else on Beyonce's latest album better than this song? She has good material.
  
  Beyonce now has taken the stage and put on one heck of a show singing a song that is much better than the one she won the award for. "Just a Boy", or something along those lines, with a little Alanis Morisette thrown in for good measure. Why didn't this song get nominated instead of the other one? This is pretty stellar.
  
  Today's music culture is in shambles. Is that harsh? Sorry to be so negative, I guess there is hope.
  
  I like what I have heard from the Taylor Swift album, or at least I respect it. That's a load of talent, and a very good young songwriter. She'll get better, and seems to have the attitude to do so.
  
  While not winning the song award tonight, Kings of Leon is still getting attention. That's a good thing. They are huge in Europe, and for good reason.
  
  Zac Brown just won best new artist, in the same category as the Silversun Pickups (who played a bar gig in Johnson City just a few months ago...) and three more people I never heard of. He's built a band of really good musicians, and is a fine singer and picker himself. They do work, and do it well.
  
  Pink just put on a pretty great performance. That was unexpected. The Black Eyed Peas did exactly what I thought they would and played down to expectations. I've got to quit watching. At least quit typing.
  
  This has been so disappointing and disconcerting, but interesting all the same. I thought the Grammys were an explosion of talent, a celebration of greatness. I know these songs are catchy. I know they have cool hooks and make the crowd wave their hands. I know all that.
  
  But, I refuse to believe that Beyonce's big song of the night was better than anything else released this year. How do they grade these things? Who judges? Didn't Springsteen put something out this year? U2? Phish? Prince? Radiohead? Coldplay?
  
  None of them released a classic, but they all had better output than "Put a Ring on It". That's a natural fact. Has to be.
  
  Michael Jackson's kids look just like him. Can't even tell the difference. It's like I'm looking at a poster of the gloved one himself.
  
  And Green Day is not punk. I'm taking my copy of "Dookie" to Mr. K's. I think that's the punk thing to do.
  
  Update: Lincoln runs an ad asking "Who will be the next great band?', or something of the like, to be "in a Lincoln ad." The band they highlight is covering "Major Tom",a Peter Schilling song from the 80's. Once that is done, another Lincoln ad runs, and the band in it is covering a song from the 90's by the Church, "Under the Milky Way Tonight". Are all the "great" bands of today relegated to playing songs they haven't written...? It seems to be the case, because they just ran another one with a band covering "Burning for You". Throw a few more dollars to the B.O.C.
  
  Update 2: Ringo Starr still looks great, and he just handed a Grammy to Kings of Leon for "Use Somebody". I guess I really can stop typing now.
  
  Update 3: Green Day won another Grammy. Wow. Zak Brown played and was amazingly good, and shared the stage with the great Leon Russell, who looked completely disinterested. Taylor Swift performed and was just awful. That was disappointing. She sang with Stevie Nicks, who tried to help out, but it was just plain bad. It got better at the end, but she had to work pretty hard to dig herself out, and she didn't quite make it. Very disappointing. I swear I'll stop now.
  
  Update 4: I love Smokey Robinson. And I am being taken by Jennifer Hudson. That's a good thing to end on. Jennifer Hudson. That's what the future of music should sound like. It should sound like raw, unadulterated soul - the kind of soul your mother told you about. Reminiscent of greats gone by. Man, she has IT. I'll stop now.
  
  Update 5: Back again. Andrea Bocelli is awesome. Mary J. Blige doesn't quite measure up, but she gave a good effort. They should have let Jennifer Hudson fill this slot.
  
  Last Possible Update: Dave Matthews is still one of the best live shows a man could ever see. Great songs, great band, great sound. Amazing stuff. The "Unbelievable" rap performance featuring Eminem, L'il Wayne, and Drake was very forgettable. I walked the dog when Bon Jovi came on.
  
  Can't wait 'til next year!!

• Route 66 @ the Paramount

  Feb. 26
  7:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  Take a dollop of GREASE, mix in some PUMP BOYS & DINETTES and add a generous dose of FOREVER PLAID, and you've got the pedal-to-the-metal, high- octane fun of Roger Bean's ROUTE 66. This sure-fire crowd-pleaser features hits from the late 50's and early 60's including Dead Man's Curve, King of the Road, Little Old Lady From Pasadena, Fun, Fun, Fun, and many more.
  
  The show begins in Chicago and travels along the famed Main Street of America to the California coast. A large car radio delivers us to each destination, with DJs and actual vintage radio ads building excitement along the way.
  
  $26 Adults, $22 Seniors, $14 Students. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 8 at 9:00 a.m.

• March of Dimes' Cupids for Kids @ Bristol VFW

  Feb. 13
  7:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  We welcome you to attend the March of Dimes Fund Raiser! February 13, 2010 VFW, Bristol, TN 7:00 to 12:00
  
  Food and Music Will be Provided Bar will be open for business! 21 and older please. Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door. Contact number 423-963-8563 Email CupidsforKids@yahoo.com Please contact Kendra Brooks at the above referenced number if interesting in purchasing tickets!

• Dale Jett, Roni Stoneman, and Darrell Scott at the Paramount

  Feb. 13
  7:00 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  Jett is a third generation member of the legendary Carter Family, the son of Janette Carter and grandson of A.P. and Sara Carter. His dedication to the preservation of traditional music, the love of Carter Family songs, and his admiration of other songwriters are evident in his performances. Roni Stoneman, dubbed "the first lady of the banjo,” may be best known for her role as Ida Lee, the gap-toothed, banjo-playing lady from "Hee Haw." But she's also a fine musician and the current custodian of the musical heritage of her father, Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman, who had the first million-selling hit in country music with the song "The Sinking of the Titanic," and also had the first country music radio show. Darrell Scott is best known as a songwriter for Garth Brooks and as a sideman for singer/songwriters like Guy Clark and Tim O'Brien. Scott is a Grammy-nominated artist, an award-winning songwriter and a first-call session musician.
  
  This show is a part of the Birthplace of Country Music @ The Paramount concert series presented by the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance.

• 'Get Real' Workshop at William King Museum

  Mar. 31
  3:30 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  “GET REAL”
  
  Wednesdays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31, 3:30 to 5 pm, $60, Ages 8 to 12
  
  Learn to use artist’s tools and tricks to make your drawings look more real. Draw people, animals, roads, buildings, even cars and trucks. Contact instructor Libby Scroggin at 276.628.5125 to register or for more information.

• 'Get Real' Workshop at William King Museum

  Mar. 24
  3:30 PM
  By Jared Bentley

  “GET REAL”
  
  Wednesdays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31, 3:30 to 5 pm, $60, Ages 8 to 12
  
  Learn to use artist’s tools and tricks to make your drawings look more real. Draw people, animals, roads, buildings, even cars and trucks. Contact instructor Libby Scroggin at 276.628.5125 to register or for more information.