St. Paul, VA – For its first performance at the newly renovated Lyric Theater in St. Paul, Pro-Art is excited to present The Barter Players in “My Imaginary Pirate” on Friday, March 10th at 7 p.m. In this play by Catherine Bush, Jesse McCall is having trouble making friends at his new school, but despite… Read More BARTER PLAYERS Set Sail for the Lyric Theatre in St. Paul, VA — March 10, 2023
This past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten Season. The ashes we received remind us of both our sinfulness and our mortality. They are an outward sign of our repentance. A pledge to God that we will live in such a way that we bring honor to the name of God and… Read More To Live Outwardly…the Beliefs We Hold Inwardly — by Pastor Pam Sutherland
ALL ABOARD! On Saturday, May 20, 2023 the Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society and Museum will sponsor a train excursion on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and enjoy the beauty of the spring season while riding the rails in vintage passenger railroad cars. The one-day excursion will cover… Read More Spring Train Excursion Through the Smoky Mtns. May 20, 2023
Big Stone Gap, VA – Project Locrea will perform compositions and contemporary arrangements inspired by folk music from around the world on Wednesday, March 1st at 7 p.m. in the Goodloe Center on the Mountain Empire Community College campus in Big Stone Gap. Combining sound and instrumentation of world folk traditions with classical, jazz, and contemporary… Read More World-Folk Fusion Ensemble Coming to Big Stone Gap – March 1, 2023
Recently the Virginia State Board of Education published its draft of the proposed new standards for history and social studies in Virginia’s classrooms. Here is a revealing excerpt: CIVICS – K.1The student will apply history and social science skills to practice citizenship in the classroom by: Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? These standards suggest that a… Read More “Do as I SAY, not as I DO”