AUG. 27 – Elizabethton – Workshop: Step-by-Step Oil Painting at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site with instructor Kay Braswell. Discover oil on canvas through wet-on-wet painting techniques. Beginners are welcome. Learn the Bob Ross techniques for painting or come to improve the skills you already possess. The workshop is $50 and includes supplies. Class limit: 15. Minimum class size: 6. For more information, call 423-543-5808 or visit www.sycamoreshoalstn.org.
AUG. 28 – Elizabethton – Workshop: 18th Century Blacksmithing at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site. Blacksmithing for beginners or the more advance. Specify when signing up. The workshop is $85 and includes supplies. Class limit: 6. For more information, call 423-543-5808 or visit www.sycamoreshoalstn.org.
AUG. 28 – Elizabethton – Workshop: Natural Dyeing at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site. Make beautiful color with all the bounty of nature. Learn to dye thread as colonial settlers might have during the 18th century. Create stunning colors with the herbs and flowers of the field. The workshop is $25. Class limit: 10. For more information, call 423-543-5808 or visit www.sycamoreshoalstn.org.
AUG. 28-29 – Boone, N.C. – 3rd Annual Music on the Mountaintop Festival at the Old Fairgrounds. This one-of-a-kind, ecologically driven, large-scale music festival offers entertainment with national acts. The 2010 initial lineup includes Sam Bush, Keller Williams, Railroad Earth, Acoustic Syndicate, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Toubab Krewe, Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Snake Oil Medicine Show, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, The Dirty Guv’nuhs, The Mumbles, Uncle Mountain, The Native Sway, Farm Vegas, BPL, The Moderate, Big Daddy Love and more. For more information and to see a full lineup of performers, visit www.musiconthemountaintop.com.
AUG. 28-29 – Cosby – Annual Native American Style Pow Wow at the Smoky Mountain Visitors Center. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event includes information about Native American culture, singing, danging, food, crafts and demonstrations. Sponsored descendants of the East Tennessee Overhill Cherokee. For more information, call 865-774-5626.