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Opera
William King
Museum of Art
415 Academy Drive • Abingdon, VA 24210
276.628.5005 • WilliamKingMuseum.org
Mistletoe Market
Join us for Mistletoe Market’s
17th annual premier holiday
shopping event!
Merchants from over 10 states
Daily Workshops • Local Music
Door Prizes • On-site Café
Held at the Southwest Virginia
Higher Education Center off Exit
14 in Abingdon, Virginia.
• OCT. 3: The Metropolitan Opera’s Live
in HD presents Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” at
12:55 p.m., at Tinseltown Theatres, Bristol,
Va. Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and
vocal skills are on full display in her new role
at the Met—Leonora, the Verdi heroine who
sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings
the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano
Dolora Zajick is the mysterious gypsy with
the troubled past. $16-$23. An encore presentation can be seen Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m.,
$15-$21. 276-669-2091, www.cinemark.com
• OCT. 17: The Metropolitan Opera’s
Live in HD presents Verdi’s ”Otello” at 12:55
p.m., at Tinseltown Theatres, Bristol, Va.
Verdi’s “Otello” matches Shakespeare’s play
in tragic intensity. Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays Otello; new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim; and baritone Željko
Lučić plays the evil Iago who masterminds
Otello’s demise. $16-$23. An encore presentation can be seen Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m.,
$15-$21. 276-669-2091, www.cinemark.com
• OCT. 31: The Metropolitan Opera’s
Live in HD presents Wagner’s ”Tannhäuser”
at 12 p.m., at Tinseltown Theatres, Bristol,
Va. James Levine conducts Wagner’s early
masterpiece in its first return to the Met
stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading
Wagnerian tenor Johan Botha takes on the
daunting title role, opposite soprano EvaMaria Westbroek as Elisabeth. Baritone
Peter Mattei sings Wolfram, and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung is Venus. $16-$23.
276-669-2091, www.cinemark.com
Storytelling
Mistletoe Market Gala
Thursday, November 5
7-10 p.m.
Mistletoe Market
November 6-7, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
November 8, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Museum Hours:
Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1-5 p.m.
First Thursdays until 9 p.m.
• OCT. 1: Jeanne Robertson, national-known humorist, presents a concert
at 7:30 p.m. on the grounds of the National
Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tenn.,
in the Library Tent. Tickets are $20 and are
available at the International Storytelling
Center or at the door. For more information,
or to purchase tickets, call 423-753-2171 or
visit www.storytellingcenter.net.
• OCT. 2: Midnight Cabaret is held
at 10:30 p.m., at the National Storytelling
Festival, Jonesborough, Tenn. This year’s
Cabaret features The Dill Pickers, a group
of six musicians who specialize in recreating
variety shows reminiscent of the Golden Age
of Radio. $20. 800-952-8392, 423-753-2171,
www.storytellingcenter.net/festival
• OCT. 2 & 3: The National Storytelling Festival’s Ghost Story Concerts take
place at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be
purchased in advance at the International
Storytelling Center or at the gate on the day
of the event. Bring your blanket and arrive
early. 800-952-8392, 423-753-2171 or visit
www.storytellingcenter.net/festival.
A scene from Wagner’s “Tannhaüser.” (Photo by Marty Sohl)
• OCT. 4: The 43rd National Storytelling Festival draws to an end with a Storytelling Showcase. The two-hour family
event begins at 2:30 p.m. and features individual performances by award winning storytellers from across the world. $20 for adults;
$10 for children. 800-952-8392, 423-7532171, www.storytellingcenter.net/festival
• OCT. 6, 13, 20 & 27: The International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough,
Tenn., features four tellers at 7 p.m. Members are tellers of tales, singers of songs,
workers of magic or just honest liars. www.
storytellersguild.org, 423-913-2166.
• OCT. 6-10: Antonio Rocha performs at International Storytelling Center,
Jonesborough, Tenn., at 2 p.m. His repertoire
includes stories of his Brazilian homeland,
folktales and characters in outrageous situations. $12 for adults and $11 for seniors,
students and children under 18 years of age.
800-952-8392, ext. 222 or 423-913-1276,
www.storytellingcenter.net
• OCT. 13-17: Alton Chung performs
at International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tenn., at 2 p.m. He shares tales
and legends from the Hawaii monarchy and
plantation days, as well as Asian folktales
from the Pacific Rim. $12 for adults and $11
for seniors, students and children under 18
years of age. 800-952-8392, ext. 222 or
423-913-1276, www.storytellingcenter.net
• OCT. 16-18 and 21-30: Haint Mistress Donnamarie Emmert is in her 19th
season of the Abingdon Spirit Tour. Ghost
tales and haunted history weave together for
a two-hour jaunt through Abingdon. The tour
begins at 7:30 p.m., at the gazebo of the
Martha Washington Hotel. Comfortable shoes
and appropriate warm clothing are suggested. No reservations necessary. Not for children under 10 or wheeled conveyances. $15
per person. 800-435-3440 or 276-676-2282.
• OCT. 20-24: Tim Lowry performs at
International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tenn., at 2 p.m. He mixes stories of
the American Revolution, the Civil War and
the Western Frontier with tales of growing
up Baptist, teaching English to Russian immigrants, baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and
Chevrolet. $12 for adults and $11 for seniors, students and children under 18 years
of age. He also performs an evening concert, “Southern Friend Tent Revival” Oct. 22
at 7:30 p.m. $15. 800-952-8392, ext. 222
or 423-913-1276, www.storytellingcenter.net
• OCT. 26: The Jonesborough Yarn
Exchange performs at the International
Storytelling Center at 7 p.m. Shows are
recorded in front of a live audience at the
International Storytelling Center at 6 and
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $1
for children. Tickets can be purchased at the
door, at the Jonesborough Visitors Center, by
calling 423-753-1010 or jonesboroughtn.org.
• OCT. 27-31: Michael Parent performs at International Storytelling Center,
Jonesborough, Tenn., at 2 p.m. He tells folk
and original stories and sings a variety of
songs, traditional and otherwise, in English
and French, $12 for adults and $11 for seniors, students and children under 18 years
of age. 800-952-8392, ext. 222 or 423-9131276, www.storytellingcenter.net
• OCT. 29: Scary Stories at Fort
Watauga are held at Sycamore Shoals State
Historic Area, at 7:30 p.m. Strange things
happen around All Hallows Eve, especially
at an old fort by the river. Hear tales of woe
and terror, the weird and the macabre, with
a touch of wit. 423-543-5808, www.sycamoreshoalstn.org
• OCT. 30: The Jonesborough Storytellers Guild presents “Halloween Haints”
at the Jonesborough Visitors Center from
8:30-10 p.m. 753-0562, theresah@jonesboroughtn.org
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