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Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts has scheduled one-day spring workshops in a variety of media. Gather friends and family on Saturday, March 26, 2016 to spend time making creative art at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. With seven workshops offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a variety of media, everyone is sure to find a skill ...

The Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge is taking the plunge and undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation. After several years of success with The Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Show theater co-owners David Fee and Jim Hedrick are announcing their plans to add a high diving water element to the show as well as new cast members and trained ...

Construction is progressing on schedule for the spring opening of Dollywood’s Lightning Rod, the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world. Spanning the hills and valleys surrounding Dollywood, mostly hidden from view inside the park, a very unique and exciting roller coaster is being built. Lightning Rod is the park’s new record-breaking coaster. “It is the first launched wooden coaster ...

Take advantage of Arrowmont’s local resident scholarship program and save big on Arrowmont workshops! Residents of Sevier, Blount, Cocke, Jefferson and Knox Counties receive 50% tuition discount on Arrowmont workshops. Take this opportunity to use professionally equipped studios and learn from nationally and internationally practicing studio artists and university faculty. Arrowmont offers weekend, one-week and two-week workshops. Choose from over ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg is exhibiting an interactive installation by Chalet Comellas entitled Working Memory, on view from Feb. 8 through March 11, 2016 in the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery. A closing reception will be held Friday, March 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free and the community is encouraged to attend with their ...

Early bird registration for the 5th Annual Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival is going on now through Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. Those who register during the early bird period will have their name entered into a drawing for a chance to win three nights lodging during the festival held August 24-28, 2016. The event, now in its fifth year, not only ...

As winter weather swept across much of the eastern United States, a teacher’s wish in a parody of Adele’s “Hello” video has been granted. Mary Morris, a third grade teacher at Rush Strong School in Strawberry Plains, Tenn., posted online earlier this month a cell phone video of herself pleading for a snow day to the tune of Grammy Award ...

Sevier County Food Ministries will receive a portion of every admission ticket sold during the Ripley’s $5 Admission Special for residents and workers of Sevier and surrounding counties. Everyone who lives or works Anderson, Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox or Sevier County may take advantage of this offer and enjoy any of the Ripley’s Tennessee attractions for just $5 plus ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting interactive art in Touch, Arrowmont’s biannual National Juried Exhibition, on view in the Sandra J. Blain Gallery from Jan. 16 to March 11, 2016. An opening reception will be held Jan. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m., awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Admission is free, and the community is encouraged to attend ...

Since 1987, Gatlinburg has welcomed the New Year in grand style with the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show from the Gatlinburg Space Needle. The family friendly celebration is one of the largest organized New Year’s Eve events in the nation. Nearly 50,000 people will gather around the intersection of Parkway and Historic Nature Trail at the base ...