Fast Track to Music and the Arts
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Day 1 (Bristol) Start your day in Bristol VA/TN. Ralph Peer of the Victor Talking
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Abingdon, Virginia located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia, has long
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Abingdon, Virginia located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia, has long
Abingdon Cinemall is a nationally acclaimed 12-plex movie theater with wall-to-wall screens, all-stadium seating, plush high-back rocking chairs, RealD 3D, high-definition Dolby Digital Cinema, and state-of-the-art digital surround-sound systems. The complex also contains a 30-game arcade, a comic books and video game store, and handles birthday parties, school and church groups. The theater also shows arts and foreign films every Mon and Tues during Sept-Nov and Feb-April.
Inside an 1890's freight station, you can visit artists' studios featuring painters, a potter, a weaver and more! The Arts Depot also presents changing exhibits, classes, and the Appalachian Center for Poets & Writers.
Barter Theatre- the official state theatre of Virginia.
With its unique beginnings during the Great Depression, Barter Theatre, one of this nation’s oldest professional non-profit theatres, is located in beautiful historic Abingdon, Virginia. Barter Theatre is a theatre of firsts: one of this nation’s first professional regional theatres, the first professional theatre to be designated a state theatre – The State Theatre of Virginia and more. Today, Barter offers a variety of musicals, classics, comedies, dramas and new southern and Appalachian plays performed February – December yearly on two stages: Barter Theatre and Barter Stage II. Barter Theatre continues to be one of the nation’s most vibrant and exciting professional theatre experiences. Upcoming Shows: Shake, Rattle and Roll: A Rockin Tribute to the King August 20 – September 12; The Woman in Black September 3 – November 13; The Full Monty September 17 – November 13; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily October 9 – November 13; Where Trouble Sleeps October 9 – November 13; Its a Wonderful Life November 19 – December 26; A Tuna Christmas November 23 – December 26.
The Gallery is located adjacent to the Dining Room of The Martha Washington Hotel & Spa. Offering a diverse collection of fine art, The Gallery prides itself in representing a core group of talented artists who reside in our region, several who have been recognized on a national and international scale. The Gallery’s collection includes original works of Appalachian landscapes in oils, watercolors, and fabric; fantasy, contemporary and nature art themes created with various mediums on canvas and paper; hand painted glassworks, wood creations turned from indigenous trees of the region, and glass blown fine art jewerly. The Gallery also offers a special collection of fine art photographic architectural and scenic images of the Martha Washington Hotel, sold exclusively in The Gallery.
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