AMATEUR RADIO ‘FIELD DAY’—Members of the Bristol Amateur Radio Club (VA/TN) and the Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (Smyth and Washington Counties, VA) will be participating in the national amateur radio Field Day exercise, Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at White Top...
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Get ready to laugh, cry and take a roller-coaster ride with “Sense and Suability.” That’s right: The classic Jane Austen novel called “Sense and Sensibility” stacks the stage of the Barter Theatre on Main Street in Abingdon all summer long. “It’s going to be so beautiful — fun and funny,”...
Question: Of the thousands of words in the English language, only three English words, according to Webster, begin with the letters “dw,” a number bumped up to at least four if you include proper nouns and names, and specifically one Central Illinois town. Can you name the dw- words? Answer:...
Question: Across from the courthouse in downtown Metamora are the statues of Abe Lincoln and a woman, Melissa Goings. Abe we know, but why is Goings there? Answer: In an 1857 trial in Metamora at which Goings was accused of killing her abusive husband, her lawyer, Lincoln, believed the killing...
Editor’s note: Calendar items must be submitted at least five days before an event. Email all items to [email protected]. TODAY The Burke County NAACP will hold its third annual Juneteenth Celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the CoMMA outdoor amphitheater. The event is free and kid friendly. Glammed...
Editor’s note: Calendar items must be submitted at least five days before an event. Email all items to [email protected]. New Dimensions Charter School will hold its monthly board meeting at 4 p.m. in person on campus, 550 Lenoir Road, Morganton, and on Zoom. Contact [email protected] for Zoom information. The Burke County...
It’s likely that not many people outside of the US know that as many as 13 people have made attempts on US presidents’ lives. Among the four that succeeded, the most famous are John Wilkes Booth, whose assassination of Abraham Lincoln has attained a folkloric patina in the annals of...
CAROLYN R. WILSON Special to the Bristol Herald Courier ABINGDON, Va. – When Joseph Stam was a child, he sat in the audience at Barter Theatre, enamored by everything he saw and heard on stage – the dialogue, the costumes and the storytelling. “I just knew it was something I...
Football and theatre have plenty in common. Both have two halves, with an interval for refreshments, followed by a denouement. After applauding the action, everyone stands up and leaves, discussing what they’ve just seen. So why over the years have the two forms of entertainment often been such uncomfortable teammates? ...
JOE TENNIS BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. — With vegetables you cannot sell, you can buy a good laugh at Barter Theatre on Saturday. The State Theatre of Virginia on Abingdon’s Main Street is celebrating its 90th birthday on Saturday with an ode to its beginnings during the Great Depression....