Calendar of Events

Milligan College will celebrate its Homcoming weekend with students, alumni, and families. Come enjoy a variety of activities such as a parade, a theatrical performance, and art exhibitions. 

Find more details about the events here. 

       A mask is a face I can hide behind and become something different and use my mask for a Halloween costume!  Join us and design a scary or funny face mask using simple arts and crafts materials.  Cost is $2/person.  Please register by Oct. 14.

Using basic dough art ingredients, participants will create beautiful Fall/Halloween ornaments for use in home decorations.  Please register by Oct. 7.  Cost is $4/person.

Bristol VA October 1, 2016 – Waiting to Hear, a local nonprofit dedicated to helping deaf children hear is hosting the LOUD Shirt Gala on October 21, 2016. Guests are encouraged to wear their most colorful island attire in an effort to “Get Loud, to give deaf kids a Voice!” The event features Caribbean food, the Jimmy Buffett inspired sounds of the Key West Band’s Michael Armstrong, and a silent auction filled with celebrity autographed items and local treasures. Attendees will also get the chance to meet everyone’s favorite castaway: Dawn Wells who played “Mary Ann” on Gilligan’s Island. Dawn will be sharing some of her personal 8mm videos taken behind the scenes during filming of the show. Guests also get the chance to meet Nina Poersch from Survivor: Worlds Apart (the first contestant with a cochlear implant), Tanya Vance from Survivor Thailand and Travis “Bubba” Sampson from Survivor Vanuatu. Hosts for the event are Whitney Carr and Morgan King from Good Day Tri-Cities. Tickets for the event are limited and will not be sold at the door. Tickets can be purchase online for $75 ($50 under 12) until October 18 at  www.WaitingToHear.org   Proceeds from the event helps fund Waiting to Hear’s local programs that support a hearing and spoken language outcome for deaf children. 

Saturday October 22nd upstairs in The Depot

Several vendors will display and sell including The Depot Catering Services

Please stop by and start your Holiday Festivities with us.

=         5-7 Children’s Activities & Hayride

=         6:30 & 7:30 Storytelling

=         7-9 Nightmare on Bert St. Haunted Walk

COST:  $2/Nightmare on Bert St. Haunted Walk

Join us for a Super Spooky time on Saturday, Oct. 22.  From 5-7 p.m, we will have a non-haunted hayride, arts and crafts, games, marshmallow roasting, inflatables, a non-haunted hayride, and much more!  There will be concessions for sale and tickets for the haunted walk ($2) available for purchase.  Remember the darker the sky, the scarier the time, so plan accordingly!

 In it's 18th year, the March of Dimes tasting is the lively andfun social event of the year. The event includes an evening of food samplings, wine, beer and bourbon tastings and lively entertainment.

Hosted in the corporate suites of Bristol Motor Speedway the event benefits the March of Dimes and our mission to continue cutting edge research to determine the causes of birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.  

As America’s hottest illusionist, Jason Bishop might read your mind one second or make goldfish appear the next. Bishop, an international award-winning illusionist, was the youngest person to win the Magician’s Alliance of Eastern States Stage Award and one of the youngest people to compete in the Society of American Magicians World-Class competition. He was also named APCA’s Best Performing Artist of the Year.

Bishop’s interest in magic ran throughout his youth, truly taking shape in his mid-teens. In college Jason studied theatre and then went on the road performing at resorts and amusement parks, anywhere he could find an audience, including the street. As audiences enjoyed the show more and more, he altered his magic to become larger and more impressive.

The Jason Bishop Show now tours the most dynamic illusion and magic show in the U.S. The show currently features exclusive large illusions, award winning sleight of hand and “close-up” magic that is captured live and projected onto LCD screens for the audience to have a clear view of every detail. Bishop is currently the only illusionist in the U.S. to tour with the rare Double Levitation, Plasma illusion and Op-Art. His performance abilities have led him from L.A. to NYC and Mexico to Sweden, as well as every state and many countries in-between.

Join us for a fun family FREE event that offers hands-on opportunities for children to EXPLORE, CLIMB and TOUCH trucks, emergency response vehicles, heavy machinery and other equipment while collecting Halloween candy!

YWCA Bristol will host their fall Emerge Women’s Professional Series in Kingsport on Friday, October 28. 

Emerge is a quarterly workshop led by local, regional and national experts with trainings specifically geared for women at all levels of their professional career. The October 28 workshop, hosted at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education, will feature three inspirational presenters.

Brittney Ezell, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at ETSU will present 5 Pillars of Success: Building Corporate Culture, teaching how to build winners and lead in a world full of followers.

Lisa Christian, Chief Deputy of Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, will present Gender Differences in the Workplace, discussing how to navigate a male-dominated industry.

Kelly Burton, Founder & CEO of Nexus Research Group and Bodyology, will present Living Outside the Box: How to say No to Convention and Yes to Opportunity, explaining how to break through conventional notions and build professional networks.

“It is our mission to build leaders and empower women in the workplace. We’re very excited about the topics for the October workshop!” said Tammy Henkel, director of mission advancement for the YWCA.

The workshop is from 8:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and includes a light breakfast and lunch. Early registration is encouraged, as seating is limited. For pricing structure and registration information, visit ywcabristol.org, or contact the YWCA at 423-968-9444. 

ZZ Top lay undisputed claim to being the longest running major rock band with original personnel intact, consisting of Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard. In 2004, the Texas trio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s a remarkable achievement that they are still very much together after almost 45 years of rock, blues, and boogie on the road and in the studio. With the release of each of their albums the band has explored new ground in terms of both their sonic approach and the material they have recorded. ZZ Top is the same but always changing.

ZZ Top’s music is always instantly recognizable, eminently powerful, profoundly soulful and 100% Texas American in derivation. Iconic songs “La Grange,” “Tush,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs” remain as rock solid as the music ZZ Top continues to play. They have sold millions of records over the course of their career, have been officially designated as Heroes of The State of Texas, referenced in countless cartoons and sitcoms and are true rock icons but, against all odds, they are really just doing what they have always done. They’re real and they’re surreal and they’re ZZ Top.

Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society & Museum and NC Transportation Museum will be co-sponsoring their October  2016 AUTUMN TRAIN EXCURSION