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Lisa Alther *Books will be available for purchase/signing – provided by I Love Books It’s Summer – Reading Time! Register on-line or in-house starting May 29. Programs run June 5-July 17. Prizes available for all ages – even adults! Manual logs available in youth services, or use online logs. Last year,891children and teens participated in the library’s summer reading program, logging in 17,770 books read. Read with us this summer. DATABASE SPOTLIGHT |
KINGSPORT – Social media in the arts can be a lot like skiing: A nonprofit organization might set up a strategy, only to see the landscape change and cause a tumble. Or an individual artist might be frozen on the bunny slope, unsure of how to move ahead although others make it look so easy.
Regardless of skill or experience, its time to hit the slopes and Nancy VanReece of Carpe Diem Management in Nashville, Tenn., will be your guide. Shell be in Kingsport for three workshops May 31-June 1, and welcomes participation from anyone in the arts seeking to grow their influence, brand and conversations through social media. The workshops are sponsored by the Holston Business Development Center and the City of Kingsports Cultural Arts Department and their non-profit partner Engage Kingsport.
We will have green, blue and black diamond workshops so that any artist or arts organization can find relevant information and have some fun, VanReece said. The first two, which take their -colors from introductory-level slopes in skiing, will be for individuals and organizations. The black diamond course is more advanced, aimed at organizations already using social media that are ready for a challenge.
Thursday, May 31 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm The Green Slope: Why Its Time for a Strategy
Friday, June 1 9:00 am – 12:00 pm The Blue Slope: Shaping Conversation for ROI (Return on Influence)
Friday, June 1 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm The Black Diamond Slope: Part 1-Open Leadership and Part 2- Strategy Revisits and Social Policy (or how to slalom through the changes).
Registration for each workshop is $10 per person and can be made on-line at www.EngageKingsport.com or by calling 423-392-8417. Space at each workshop is limited. The workshops will be held at the new Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Community Room on Clinchfield Street in Downtown Kingsport.
VanReeces mission is to help communities achieve their full potential through the advocacy of creative opportunities. This has been the driving force throughout her successful career, and VanReece is an engaging and regular speaker on issues such as online marketing, social media communications, branding, copyright administration and clearance. VanReece brings a wealth of experience and understanding particularly helpful to arts organizations and individual artists; she worked for more than 25 years in the music business, as well as served as the executive director of The Nashville Shakespeare Festival from 2007-2009; as senior director of partnership development at Cool People Care, Inc.; and strategist for GivingMatters. com, and the Nashville Library Foundation. She is the new media consultant on record for the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee. Her work at Carpe Diem Management allows her to help small businesses and nonprofits understand and use social media to reach, build and lead core audiences. With a keen eye to the latest trends in social media and online communications , she has provided detailed social media and social communications strategies for many businesses around the United States.
VanReece currently serves as the full-time social media strategist and website manager for the Nashville Symphony. She recently has returned from a trip to Carnegie Hall with the organization. The six-month build up on social platforms for the event was well received and garnered praise from The New Yorker magazine: The orchestra has been offering extensive coverage of its preparations on its Road to Carnegie website (blog), not to mention Twitter and other media. Whoever has been running this online operation deserves a raise it’s an informative delight. – Alex Ross, music critic, The New Yorker
KINGSPORT – The Kingsport City Schools Board of Education will hold a called meeting on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Tennessee Room of the KCS Administrative Support Center (400 Clinchfield Street, 3rd Floor).
The purpose of the called meeting is to review and consider contracts regarding the Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee STEM school, consider a policy regarding the use of the internet, and review a request to reapply for an elementary school counselor grant.
For more information, contact KCS Administrative Coordinator Andy True at (423) 378-2130.
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KINGSPORT – Arts4Kids Summer Arts Camp is coming up quickly. Campers will study the works of Leonardo Da Vinci the painter, writer, inventor, musician, sculptor, scientist, engineer, architect, geologist, and cartographer.
Ages: 3-5 Half Day, 6-12 Full Day
Theme: Leonardo Da Vinci
Where: Kingsport Renaissance Center, 2nd Floor
When: June 4-8, 2012
Hours: 8 a.m. to 12 noon for Half Day Campers and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Full Day Campers
Price: $95 Half Day, $175 Full Day
For more information or to register call 423-392-8420 or visit our website www.KingsportARTS.org.
KINGSPORT – The Appalachian Quilt Trail is coming to Kingsport.and we are in search of quilts that are: 40 years old or older, made: in Kingsport by a maker from Kingsport or Sullivan County. We would like to know more about the quilt maker and their significant tie to Kingsport.
>> We would like to photograph these quilts as we are looking for 8 quilt block designs for the new 4-bart by 4-bart quilt blocks that will be mounted on our downtown historical buildings and businesses later on this summer.
**Two Opportunities to share your quilt design/history with Kingsport:
MONDAY May 14 from 9am–12noon
FRIDAY May 18 from 12noon–3pm
Please bring quilts to the Downtown Kingsport Association at 140 W. Main St.
For more information, call 341-2227 or email: kptquilts@gmail.com
KINGSPORT – The Kingsport Theatre will be brining Summer Actor Training back for a second season in June. The Drifting Theatre and the Kingsport Theatre Guild will be bringing professional actors from all over the country to the Tri-Cites to teach and mentor young actors. From June 18 – June 29 the training program will work in depth on honing their acting skills. This challenging (and fun) program provides an environment where both the seasoned actor and the stage shy newcomer can blossom. Classes include; Acting (all levels), Stage Combat, Theatre Movement, Improv, Auditioning, Theatre Games, Monologue and more! At the conclusion of the training program students will perform in the full theatrical production.
Ages 8 – 18 / June 18 – June 29
M-F 9:00-4:00
Performances: June 28 @ 7PM
June 29 @ 11AM, 2PM, & 7PM
Open to the public – Tickets $7
Renaissance Center, 1200 East Center Street, Kingsport, TN
$160 per student
$135 per sibling
The Kingsport Theatre will be presenting How To Eat Like A Child this weekend for three showings. Showings will be held at the Kingsport Theatre on:
May 11 – 7PM
May 12 – 2PM
May 12 – 7PM
Tickets $12
This musical romp through the joys and sorrows of being a child is hilarious. Children give 23 lessons in such subjects as how to beg for a dog, how to torture your sister, how to act after being sent to your room and how to laugh hysterically. The pace is fast, the tone subversive and the recognition instant.
Don’t miss your opportunity to see any of the three showings of this fun musical this weekend! The musical includes local and regional talent that will blow you away. This musical will close the 64 seasons of community productions. Come out and support the arts. One weekend only!
