https://tricitiesinfo.com/business-search/performing-arts?page=1&format=rss&category_id=125 Tri Cities Info en On a warm October day in 1973, the town of Jonesborough hosted the first National Storytelling Festival. The first event of its kind anywhere in the world, the Festival ignited a renaissance. People around the world have since rediscovered the power of a story well told. https://tricitiesinfo.com/business-search/international-storytelling-center 31fefc0e570cb3860f2a6d4b38c6490d Sat, 06 Aug 2022 15:00:09 +0000 Theatres Johnson City was 14 years old when its first theater group was formed in 1885. Preachers at the Methodist churches in town took to their pulpits, promising hellfire and damnation to anyone who darkened a playhouse door. A little more than a half-century later in 1912, Johnson City’s theater group began performing at least three shows a year. That organization continues to this day, making the Johnson City Community Theatre the oldest continuously-running theater organization in the state of Tennessee, and one of the oldest in the country. https://tricitiesinfo.com/business-search/johnson-city-community-theatre 9872ed9fc22fc182d371c3e9ed316094 Sat, 06 Aug 2022 15:00:09 +0000 Theatres