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Do more of what you love! Art Lab at William King Museum of Art in Abingdon VA, announces new art and design classes and instructors for the Spring 2023 semester. Available for both teens and adults, classes for Spring 2023 include drawing, photography, printmaking, creative development, and digital media. Registration is open at WilliamKingMuseum.org/learn or by calling 276-628-5005.

Art Lab is excited to host arts workshops with visiting instructors in 2023. Starting January 14, local professional photographer and marketing expert Patrick Savage teaches ‘FUN-damentals of Digital Photography.” Learn what every button on your camera does and leave with an understanding of the fundamentals of digital

photography. Next, Sylvia Lane, a recent painting graduate from Hollins University, will lead a Figure Drawing workshop (ages 14+) with special focus on anatomy for artists on January 24. Art Lab studio artist Lola York will lead “Movement and Creativity” to explore movement as a tool for creative unblocking at the end of January– no previous dance or movement experience required and all bodies are welcome. Adobe Bootcamp training workshops begin in February 2023.

Register early to take advantage of temporary special rates on Adobe Bootcamp training sessions. Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Premiere Pro are industry standard tools for creative professionals worldwide. Art Lab’s Adobe training sessions

provide a technical foundation for future graphics experts, art students, and professionals interested in increasing their skill set. They are ideal for adults considering career change or expansion as well as students in the communication arts. As part of our Veterans Art and Design program, we offer special discounts for veterans for Adobe training, contact Alice at asalyer@ wkmuseum.org for more information.

A free or pay-what-you-want program, Teen Lab begins in February, and teens ages 13-18 will be led through creating and producing a coloring book of their own. Later Teen Lab sessions focus on ceramics, digital art and book arts.

Participants can work through a variety of digital and physical

media projects to build technical skills and support the development of creative voice.

Later this Spring, artist & media expert Sabrina Durling-Jones will lead a 6 session workshop “Artist & Machine: Human Computer Creative Collaboration for Artists” for artists interested in bringing their creative voice to visual collaborations with artificial intelligence. No coding required!

Do more of what you love with Art Lab at William King Museum of Art! Register for classes at williamkingmuseum.org/learn.

For additional information contact Laken Bridges, Director of Higher Education at: lbridges@wkmuseum.org or Alice Salyer, Digital Lab Manager, at asalyer@wkmuseum.org or call 276-628- 5005.

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SATURDAY Karaoke with Absolute Entertainment at Tulips Grub & Pub Johnson City, TN 8pm Karaoke with Absolute Entertainment at Union Street Taproom - Erwin, TN 8pm Jan 28, Feb 18 & Mar 4 Karaoke at Numan’s – Johnson City, TN 10pm Karaoke w/ Eric Huskins VFW Post 2108 – Johnson City, TN 8pm Karaoke at Numan’s – Johnson City, TN 10pm Karaoke with DJ Clyde and Prestige Entertainment at Macado’s -Kingsport, TN 9pm Karaoke with Handsome Hodge Entertainment at O’Mainnin’s Pub and Grille - Bristol, TN 10pm

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1. The name for January comes from the Roman god, Janus, who is always depicted with two heads. He uses one head to look back on the year before, and the other head to look forward into the New Year!

2. Oddly enough, couples tend to separate or divorce more so in January than any other month of the year.

3. In Pasadena, California, there has been a Rose Parade held every year since 1890. It has since been broadcasted worldwide and is typically viewed in over 100 countries around the globe.

4. If you were born in January, your birthstone is a garnet!

5. In leap years, January always starts on the same day as April and July.

6. London is famous for its extensive subway system, nicknamed “The Tube.”

This makes sense because they’re also responsible for opening the first operational underground railway on January 10, 1863.

7. Some historical names for January include “Wulfmonath,” which came from the Anglo-Saxons because it was the month hungry wolves would come scavenging. King Charlemagne would call it “Wintermanoth” meaning “winter/cold month.”

8. Originally, the Roman calendar had only 10 months, and it excluded January and February.

9. King Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, is responsible for adding both January and February to the Roman calendar. He did this so calendars would be equivalent to a lunar year. Even so, it only had 30 days.

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11. January was a monumental year for Alaska! As of January 3, 1959, Alaska officially became the 49th state of the United States.

12. Generally, January is the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

13. The equivalent month of January in terms of temperature in the Southern Hemisphere is July!

14. Referring back to the Julian and Gregorian calendars, January is the first month of the year, and the first of seven months to be 31 days long.

15. In the United Kingdom, some people practice “Dry January.” This is a movement to encourage people to quit drinking alcohol for the month in order to encourage public health.

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Hello everyone, I truly pray your Holiday season was all you hoped it would be. Now that we have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years behind us. Let’s start this 2023 year with new hopes and dreams. Be kind to each other, be respectful to others.

January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days.

The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere where it is the second month of winter and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere where it is the second month of summer. In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

January's birthstone is the garnet, which represents

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constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or Galanthus as well as the traditional carnation.

The Japanese floral emblem of January is the Camellia. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means "oak moon", it can be inferred that the oak tree is the heart of the grand forest with many valuable trees as opposed to the typical Arctic forests, which are typically pine and spruce. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards).

The name of the full moon occurring in January is the wolf moon.

Known for recaps and resolutions, each new year often starts with retrospection and the month of January. What does January mean? January, as we know, is the first month of the year and contains 31 days. The term originated before the year 1000 from Middle English, ultimately deriving from the Latin noun use of Jānuārius, equivalent to Jānus. Who was Janus? In ancient Roman culture, Jānus was a god of doorways, beginnings, and the rising and setting of the sun. His name comes from the Latin jānus, meaning “doorway, archway, arcade.” Fun fact: the closely related Latin word jānua, meaning “door, doorway, entrance,” ultimately gives us the word janitor, which originally referred to a door attendant or porter before evolving to its more familiar sense of “custodian.”

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the army on an expedition. As the god of transitions, Janus is often depicted with two, bearded heads that face in opposite directions, looking to both the future and the past. After 153 BCE, January (mensis Januarius in Latin) became the first month of the Roman calendar (which we adopted), the figure of Janus a perfect symbol for new beginnings.

This ancient deity Janus has found his way into modern English in more ways than one.

And as you might expect, his other lexical contributions are not entirely straightforward. The versatile word Janus-faced can refer to someone or something’s capricious or seemingly contradictory nature. Or it can be used with a more negative undertone to describe someone

as deceitful and, well, two-faced.

The two faces of Janus are also evident in the term Janus word, “a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings,” such as cleave and dust. (These are also called contronyms.) To cleave something can mean to adhere closely to that thing, but it can also mean its opposite: to split, divide, or cut off. As a verb, dust can refer to the removal of dust, or the addition of it.

(Think dust the cookies with confectioners’ sugar.) Duality is embedded into all of Janus’s words, including the very language we use to talk about the beginning of the calendar year: January.

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If my social media feeds are to be believed, it appears a great deal of Tri-Cities folks are taking off for quick weekend trips to Nashville. And who can blame them? Since Covid, Nashville has exploded as the new US hotspot, drawing the thousands of average Joe’s, tech companies, celebrities, and urban developers from around the world. Following right on the heels of this massive growth came dining and entertainment like no other. I can honestly say Nashville has something for everyoneoutstanding cuisine, a broad array of sporting events, rooftop views of glittering city skylines, and of course music at every turn.

It’s for this reason I get so disappointed every time I see someone on Instagram or Facebook come all this way and never venture off Broadway. While I’m the first to admit there’s a good time to be had falling in and out of the honky tonks of South Broadway (or SoBro as we call it), there’s so much more to the city. Nashville proper has more than 20 identifiable neighborhoods, each with their own unique flavor and offerings and probably less than a 10 minute Uber ride from wherever you are. This is an almost impossible mission for me, but I’m going to attempt to recommend a perfect weekend in Music City. However, this is entirely subjective and abbreviated to fit space and time, so if you’re planning a trip this way I highly suggest you research and crowdsource tailored to your own interests.

First I would plan the trip around a big event. Maybe it’s a sporting event; my favorite is taking in a Preds game and their season will last well into March. But depending on the time of year you can attend a Titans football game, baseball at First Horizon Park in Germantown, or for the latest fun, catching Tennessee’s Major League Soccer Team at their new stadium.

If you’re not the sporting type, definitely see a concert. There are endless music venues, but for the largest acts you can check the lineup at Bridgestone Arena,

Nissan Stadium, Ascend Amphitheater (my favorite -you can watch your favorite artist perform outdoors with the beautiful cityscape behind them), The Ryman and even Brooklyn Bowl, a music and entertainment venue that has, you guessed it, bowling lanes. Whatever it is, I would try to make that your Saturday night plan.

poolside stage. This property is 21+ and definitely not for you if you’re seeking a relaxing and quiet night in.

For a Friday night of food and fun I suggest checking out Germantown. This neighborhood has some of the best restaurants in Nashville and everything is super walkable. For sushi there’s O-Ku, the sexy Asian sister to Oak Steakhouse.

If possible, drive down on an early Friday For seafood, check out the Optimist, then afternoon. Nashville is only around 4.5 venture to their amazing cocktail bar hours from Tri-Cities and the bonus is Le Loup for post dinner drinks. For the you’ll gain an hour coming down when most spectacular wine list in Nashville you cross from Eastern to Central Time. and pasta check out Rolf & Daughters.

If you can get on the road by 11am you’ll Or for classic American dishes there’s arrive just in time for the standard 3pm Butchertown Hall or 5th and Taylor. If you hotel check-in and miss the bulk of feel like continuing the party late night, rush hour traffic, which is an absolute there’s nowhere better than Mother’s nightmare and only getting worse as more Ruin, a 2 story gem with a back patio people move to the area. that’s typically filled with Nashville locals from all walks of life.

Now for one of the most important aspects of your trip- where to stay. You Saturday mornings are for brunch, and can expect to drop on average $125-$375/ I recommend heading 20 minutes south night for a hotel room on a January to America’s Main Street and exploring weekend. It’s difficult to choose because downtown Franklin. This charming there are so many incredible options, but Nashville suburb is steeped with civil war if money is of no object I would definitely history and the streets surrounding the suggest somewhere with a fabulous downtown square are lined with boutique rooftop and an excellent restaurant. The retail shops and fantastic eateries. One of Joseph is a perfect example; located in my favorites is a small Italian bistro called the heart of downtown this is a stunning Culacinno. Enjoy the view of an open air new showpiece, outfitted with amazing kitchen where chefs prepare handmade art installations from the time you pull pastas and brick oven pizzas while up to the valet. On the ground floor they sipping on a spritz or mimosa. If you’re are home to Yolan, the Italian fine dining in the mood for something more casual, venture by Michelin Starred chef Tony just down the street is 55 South, a New Mantuano. Upstairs they have one of the Orleans style fast-casual venture that’s most breathtaking rooftops in Nashville- been featured on Guy Fierri’s “Diners, with their white poolside cabanas and Drive-ins and Dives.” It’s guaranteed lush walls of succulents and greenery, greasy, feel-good food, and every you’ll swear you’ve stepped onto a weekend they set up a monster Bloody patio in Greece rather than a roof in Mary bar as well.

Middle Tennessee.

Once you’ve had your fill of shopping If you’d prefer accommodations a bit funkier and off the beaten path, check out The Dive Motel in East Nashville. This 70s throwback will also make you think you’ve time traveled, this time to the decade of disco. This former run down, one level mid-century masterpiece was lovingly restored to its hayday, each room decorated with shag carpet, disco balls, and heart shaped tubs. In the summer months, their pool is the wildest weekend party in town, with all the coolest of Nashville enjoying live local artists on the

and eating in Franklin, it will probably be time for your event. Instead of hitting the same honky tonks on Broadway before and after, take time to explore the new Fifth & Broad development directly across the street from Bridgestone. This giant complex just keeps growing and is already home to Justin Timberlake’s 12/30 Club, Eddie V’s steakhouse, a plethora of retail shops including an Apple store, and Assembly Food Hall which is a food court featuring all Nashville classics like DeSano’s Pizza and Prince’s Hot Chicken

to name a few. The new underground tequila bar Pushing Daisies is the latest late night “it” spot with a speakeasy vibe and is also located in F&B. If you want to continue your party into the wee hours of the morning, stroll one block up to Printer’s Alley where you can dance the night away to the house band at Bourbon Street Boogie Bar or with bottle service at Dirty Little Secret. You can also take in the city views from the AirStream on The Bobby rooftop or cozied up next to a fire at Rare Bird, the rooftop of The Noelle.

If time permits, grab some brunch and last minute retail therapy before heading out on Sunday in 12 South. This trendy neighborhood hosts Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James boutique as well as White’s Mercantile. And the brunch at Urban Grub is not to be missed. They have your standard dishes as well as a raw bar and ample seating.

This itinerary is hardly a drop in the bucket of things-to-do in Nashville. If you’re planning a trip, my only plea is to dig a little deeper than the uber-touristy Broadway area and expand your horizons.

There’s so much fun to be had, the hardest part of your trip will be making time for it all.

XO - Kathie

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Slumberland There is a new fantasy film now showing on Netflix you may want to check out featuring "Aquaman" star Jason Momoa.

"Slumberland" is based on the comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland", and co-stars Marlow Barkley as a young girl raised in a lighthouse who has dreams of Slumberland. The story begins by introducing us to Nemo and her father Peter (Kyle Chandler), a lighthouse keeper who has taught his 11-year-old daughter all about running a lighthouse. Each night Peter tells his daughter wild stories about his adventures with a character named Flip.

One of the stories is how he and Flip search a cave to find magical wish-granting pearls. Of course the stories cause Nemo to have wild dreams each night.

One night as Peter is telling Nemo another wild story, a ship is in distress and he must leave to help. The trip results in Peter being lost at sea and feared dead. After this tragedy, Nemo is sent to live with her uncle and Peter's brother Phillip (Chris O'Dowd), who is not exactly thrilled about raising a child.

Nemo moved to an unnamed

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city with Phillip, who is living a rather dull and unhappy life, even though he loves his job of selling door knobs. Nemo struggles with her new life in the city and with her new guardian, and seeks solace with her stuffed pig named Pig and her nightly dreams in Slumberland.

During one episode, Pig comes to life and Nemo finds herself in Slumberland, the world between dreams. During this visit her beg magically grows legs and transports her back to the lighthouse where she meets Flip (Momoa), a character who is not only a dream "outlaw" but is very stubborn as well. Flip is in the lighthouse searching for a magical map of which Nemo knows nothing about. When she awakens Nemo finds the map in the waking world and manages to take it back to Flip in Slumberland so she can help find the magic pearls to wish her father into her dreams. Flip confides to Nemo he has no idea who is in the waking world as he has refused to "wake up" for so long. The two use the map to journey through the dreams of others in order to find the cave containing the magic pearls. While on their journey through others dreams, they are attacked by a cloud of smoke resembling a kraken (a legendary sea monster), which Nemo encountered in a previous dream in which the creature took her dad. As if this isn't bad enough, the two are being chased by Agent Green (Weruche Opia), an operative of the BoSA (Bureau of Subconscious Activities), who has been in pursuit of Flip for his dream hopping and never waking up. Despite continued

dream hopping, Flip is eventually caught, and when Nemo wakes up Phillips shows her an old video tape of him and Peter as children. While viewing the tape, Nemo realizes her uncle is actually Flip, and due to refusing to wake up, remains in his unadventurous and static state.

The story continues back and forth between Slumberland and the waking world with Nemo and her uncle finally becoming close due to a near tragedy involving Nemo. As the film ends, Nemo has become more comfortable in her school, and Phillip is finally becoming more outgoing in life,

and shows real love and a caring attitude toward his niece. The film was amazingly beautiful and the special effects are wonderful.

Momoa appears to be having a blast as Flip, with his horns and sharp teeth. Co-star Barkley is very effective and sweet in her role, and I really enjoyed when her stuffed pig came to life.

"Slumberland" is a film the entire family can enjoy and is purely a magical adventure. Now showing on Netflix. (Rated PG)

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The first full week of any new year is the waning days of the confusion that comes with the post-holiday haze. You’re dazed, unsure of what the time is, and possibly wondering when your guests are going to leave.

Traditionally, we think of this time being the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Oh, no. It goes on for one more week before things get “back to normal.”

leftovers from the dinner were mostly gone by the time everyone arrived, or they finished them up as my family are fiends for ham and dressing. The real problem was on the 27th when off I went to the grocery to stock up again on things to feed these folks.

This is when the fridge moved from a game of Tetris to a game of Thin Ice. The fun toy where you slowly drop wet marbles onto a stretched I had company over the holidays piece of tissue in hopes of not being who stayed for a week and a half, the one to “break the ice” by causing family members. They came in the issue to rip open. Every time I post-Christmas, which meant that opened the fridge with a container as I was preparing for Christmas of leftovers in my hands, I wondered dinner, I was also preparing for if it would be the day that trying to house guests. I won’t horrify you place it would cause everything to with the amounts on the receipts from the grocery store. This is where just explode outwards at me. growing up playing Tetris on the Because none of my guests will keep Game Boy comes in handy. You have track of their leftovers, the flip side the skill you need to move, squish, of this game is once they’ve all left rotate, and place a large number of you have to clean out the fridge. As foodstuffs in the fridge. you do, you think, “As long as I’ve With my guests arriving the day after got the big lawn and garden trash bags here, I might as well clean this Christmas I had fears that space whole thing out. New year, new in the fridge would be limited at fridge!” This always gives me a sense best, but the upside to their late of hesitation as I think “What horrors arrival meant that the fridge wasn’t lie in the deep, dark, recesses of too packed on Christmas Day. The this fridge?”

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The first thing to go was all the takeout containers that had accumulated over the week and a half my guests were with me. Then I moved on to the last vestiges of the Christmas meal leftovers. Then came the things which somehow had been in the fridge since man first walked.

I’m not talking about the dented and well-worn Tupperware full of God only knows what. I’m talking about half-full jars of mayo and fancy mustards that had expired back in 2015.

They wind up there due to the best of intentions. “Oh, the chipotle mayo is post-dated, I need to clean it out so I can recycle the jar.” But because you notice this when you’re reaching in for creamer for your

coffee in the morning, and because it’s mayonnaise, you leave it in the fridge. It stays on the door on the shelf, as a constant reminder, “Rinse me and recycle me please!”

But you’re too busy with your active lifestyle to get around to it.

Now, it’s beyond “clean me out and recycle me” and moved to “I may unleash the blob on society if I dare open this jar.” Now we toss it into the trash and think no more of it. Lots of random sauces are always lurking in the back corners.

I bought these for a Hawaiianthemed barbecue but then never used them again. They also get tossed. But the most impressive feat is a jar of all-natural Maple

Syrup from 2009 that somehow is still in there. It says all I have to do is boil it, skim the top, and it’ll be good as new!

One day I will do this, but today is not that day. Since the bottle says it’s fine to eat once you do that, it goes back into the deep dark corner. I look forward to celebrating my 20th anniversary with this jar in the upcoming years. For now, the real estate in the fridge has become more spacious and it looks, dare I say, clean in there. Here’s hoping your fridge remains clean and plentiful in the new year. See you next week.

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