Calendar of Events
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Tennessee Mountain Writers: 34th Annual Conference - Mountain Lines
Category: Classes, workshops, Festivals, special events, Lecture, panel and Literature, spoken word, writing
At DoubleTree Hotel, Oak Ridge
Writing Contests, Workshops, Networking, Manuscript Evaluations, Publishers, Book Signings, Bookstore, Vendors, And more!
Linda Parsons, Banquet Speaker and Poetry Session
Poet, playwright, essayist and editor Linda Parsons is the poetry editor for Madville Publishing and copy editor for Chapter 16, the literary website of Humanities Tennessee. Her work has been widely published, including contributions to The Georgia Review, Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, Southern Poetry Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Shenandoah, and Ted Kooser’s syndicated column, American Life in Poetry. Her sixth poetry collection, Valediction, is forthcoming in 2023. Four of her plays have been produced by Flying Anvil Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Workshop Leaders:
Pamela Duncan – Fiction & General Session
Georgann Eubanks – Nonfiction
Debbie Dadey – Young People’s Literature
Special Sessions:
Working with Small Press Publishers: Beto Cumming and Laura Still
Unearth Your Memories with Simple Prompts: Jennie Ivey
Playwriting: Valeria Roberson
Nature Writing: Georgann Eubanks
Storytelling: Laura Still
Jubilee Community Arts: Epworth Old Harp Singing
Category: Classes, workshops, Free event and Music
Last Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
Regular shape-note singing is returning to the Laurel Theater. New Harp of Columbia song books will be available to loan. Free!
Jubilee Community Arts at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. Information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org
Free Movement Classes
Category: Classes, workshops, Free event, Health, wellness and Virtual
Held via Zoom and open to everyone. These classes qualify for credit with Silver Sneakers, but membership is not required. The online schedule is:
Mon 9:15 AM - Flow Yoga (no floor work) and at 10 AM - Shibashi (18 gentle movements)
Tue 9 AM - Classic Exercise (requires hand weight, a small ball, and a resistance tube with handles), 9:45 AM Stability (a balance and leg strengthening class)
Thu 9:15 AM - Seated Yoga (mostly sitting down), 10 AM Classic Exercise, and 11 AM Stability
Contact Don Parsley, certified instructor, for more info or to be added to his zoom listing at spiritofthedragon01@gmail.com
