Lunchtime Art Breaks Fridays, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Free with Membership or Museum Admission The Museum presents lunchtime art breaks, a series of gallery talks and presentation designed to inform and engage you in dialogue with members of our curatorial and education departments, docents and special guests. SEPTEMBER 21 Mel Chin: High, Low and In Between Nancy Sokolove

Lunchtime Art Breaks Fridays, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Free with Membership or Museum Admission The Museum presents lunchtime art breaks, a series of gallery talks and presentation designed to inform and engage you in dialogue with members of our curatorial and education departments, docents and special guests. SEPTEMBER 7 Fiore/Drawing Cole Hendrix, Assistant Curator

"Day on Fire: Apocalypse in Contemporary Art" National Juried Exhibition Curated by the Slocumb Galleries' Visiting Artists Committee August 20 to September 14, 2012 at the Slocumb Galleries and Foundation Art Gallery Lecture by Christopher Mir on September 11, 6 p.m. at the Ball Hall Auditorium Reception follows at Slocumb Galleries Sponsored by the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts For further information contact: Karlota Contreras-Koterbay Phone: (423)-483-3179 Email: contrera@etsu.edu

River Place welcomes the Barefoot Movement for folk, Americana, & acoustic style entertainment at the Riverside stage! Come enjoy a delicious BBQ Ribs or Chicken dinner included with music for only $15! $5 for music only. Event goes on rain or shine--bring a chair! Call 423.733.4400 or check www.clinchriverecotourism.com or facebook for details!

The Come To Leicester Studio Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday August 18 and Sunday August 19. This free, self-guided tour features 23 members of Leicester Artists working from studios located throughout scenic Leicester, northwest of Asheville. A detailed tour map will be available at every tour stop. More information about the tour, the artists, and the group’s Leicester sponsors is available at www.cometoleicester.com.

Live Music by APPALACHIAN TRAIL, a 5-member Bluegrass Band from 7-8 PM. FREE and Open to the Public. Plenty of seating with rows of stone benches and grassy slope behind them. (The 1st row or two will be held for listeners with mobility challenges.) Sponsored by Lions Club of Kingsport.