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Do you have dizziness or imbalance from a concussion?
Volunteers needed for research! Join us as we design a new software program to make vestibular rehabilitation more accessible to adults with dizziness.

Participation involves:

• Completing questionnaires

• Testing of your vestibular system (inner ear function), balance and walking

• Five weekly physical therapy visits

• Daily at-home rehabilitation exercises

You may be eligible if:

• At least 18 years of age

• Dizziness or imbalance for at least 2 weeks

• Concussion/mild traumatic brain injury

For your participation, you will be compensated up to $175 in Visa gift cards.

Interested? Contact us:

Hearing and Balance Research Program

423-926-1171 ext. 2116

The Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University is pleased to present Through the Light: Sculptural Works by artist, Molly Sawyer, Jan. 20 through April 2, 2026. The exhibition by cross-disciplinary artist Molly Sawyer weighs the ominous nature of the human dilemma against that of peaceful, and sometimes playful, intention. A reception with the artist will be held on Friday, Feb. 13 from 5-8 p.m. The Reece Museum is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Sawyer’s contemporary works combining salvaged with artist-made materials bridge sculpture and installation art with works on paper. The artist’s chosen materials and methods used for combining such pull the past into the present, emphasizing Sawyer’s concern with global changes, both ecological and humanitarian. She blends her disparate materials in a contemporary manner using versions of traditionally craft-based techniques of stitching, embroidery, knitting, felting, and piecing, among others. These combinations emblematize a convergence of the historical with the current, illustrating conceptual narratives relating to universal concerns. As these investigations are metaphor describing the balance of forces in nature with the human condition, Sawyer states, “By collecting materials which have had one or more lives already, I am giving credence to their narratives, which have been developed through handling, weathering and age.”

Rescheduled: Visualize Your Future: Appalachian Youth Exhibition Reception
at Tipton-Ashe Gallery

ETSU Department of Art & Design and Slocumb Galleries in partnership with Bravissima! Women Sponsoring the Arts, Jerry’s Artarama of Knoxville, and the Tennessee Arts Commission proudly present Visualize Your Future: Appalachian Youth Exhibition featuring K7-12 students from six regional schools with rescheduled reception on February 13, Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. with Guests of Honor Johnson City Vice Mayor Jenny Brock, Bravissima’s Belinda Kiener and Scott Manning of Jerry’s Artarama.

Featuring 80+ middle and high schools students under the mentorship of their respective art teachers from Cherokee High School with Ms. Laura Heath; Daniel Boone High School with Ms. Alisa Brandenburg, Elizabethton High School under Ms. Rachel Turbyfill and Ms. Lisa Malone; Happy Vallery High School with Ms. Cydney Trent, Liberty Bell Middle School with Ms. Brooke Velsor; and the University School art educators Ms. Kristin Colson and Ms. Sharon Squibb. The exhibition is curated by ETSU Slocumb Galleries Curatorial Fellows Akintayo Akintobi and Amber Farley.

The Tipton-Ashe Gallery is located at 401 Ashe St. former Courthouse in Downtown Johnson City, Tennessee 37614. Gallery hours are Wednesdays & Saturday from 11am to 3pm; Thursdays & Fridays from 5 to 7pm with extended hours during receptions and by appointments. For more information, schedule a visit or for handicapped accommodations, please email Karlota Contreras-Koterbay via contrera@etsu.edu.

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" at the Bud Frank Cinema on Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. (PG, 106 minutes)

David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly invite you into a magical universe where nothing is what it seems! Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn't young Sarah's idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King.

Concessions for sale and the film is free and open to the public!

Re-Generation Story Slam is a storytelling event open to the public. Everyone is welcome to participate and tell a story to the audience. Tellers are chosen randomly from an opt in list. The audience votes on their favorite story for a chance to win $50. Donations are welcome but never expected.

Do you have dizziness or imbalance from a concussion?
Volunteers needed for research! Join us as we design a new software program to make vestibular rehabilitation more accessible to adults with dizziness.

Participation involves:

• Completing questionnaires

• Testing of your vestibular system (inner ear function), balance and walking

• Five weekly physical therapy visits

• Daily at-home rehabilitation exercises

You may be eligible if:

• At least 18 years of age

• Dizziness or imbalance for at least 2 weeks

• Concussion/mild traumatic brain injury

For your participation, you will be compensated up to $175 in Visa gift cards.

Interested? Contact us:

Hearing and Balance Research Program

423-926-1171 ext. 2116

The Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University is pleased to present Through the Light: Sculptural Works by artist, Molly Sawyer, Jan. 20 through April 2, 2026. The exhibition by cross-disciplinary artist Molly Sawyer weighs the ominous nature of the human dilemma against that of peaceful, and sometimes playful, intention. A reception with the artist will be held on Friday, Feb. 13 from 5-8 p.m. The Reece Museum is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Sawyer’s contemporary works combining salvaged with artist-made materials bridge sculpture and installation art with works on paper. The artist’s chosen materials and methods used for combining such pull the past into the present, emphasizing Sawyer’s concern with global changes, both ecological and humanitarian. She blends her disparate materials in a contemporary manner using versions of traditionally craft-based techniques of stitching, embroidery, knitting, felting, and piecing, among others. These combinations emblematize a convergence of the historical with the current, illustrating conceptual narratives relating to universal concerns. As these investigations are metaphor describing the balance of forces in nature with the human condition, Sawyer states, “By collecting materials which have had one or more lives already, I am giving credence to their narratives, which have been developed through handling, weathering and age.”

Single? Dating? Married? Divorced? Hopeless romantic? Recently dumped? This show is for EVERYONE (ages 18 and up). See six comedians share tales of love gone astray. You're not alone this Valentine’s Day! :) Same show - pick one: 5pm or 7:30pm.

Valentine’s Day STINKS! We’re taking back this holiday by LAUGHING at LOVE! If you’re alive, you have loved. And chances are, you’ve had your heart broken… several times. Let’s shake that hurt off and laugh about it!

Join the party this Saturday night, see six comedians share tales of love gone wrong, watch them embarrass themselves while we squirm in recognition and have a BLAST!!

Grab your partner for a fun date night, or bring your friends for a unique night out, or come by yourself to enjoy the show and make new friends! You are not alone this Valentine’s Day - join us to face this holiday head on!

It’s a Stand Up Comedy PARTY and YOU ARE INVITED! :D

(This show is for adults only, ages 18 and up.)

Do you have dizziness or imbalance from a concussion?
Volunteers needed for research! Join us as we design a new software program to make vestibular rehabilitation more accessible to adults with dizziness.

Participation involves:

• Completing questionnaires

• Testing of your vestibular system (inner ear function), balance and walking

• Five weekly physical therapy visits

• Daily at-home rehabilitation exercises

You may be eligible if:

• At least 18 years of age

• Dizziness or imbalance for at least 2 weeks

• Concussion/mild traumatic brain injury

For your participation, you will be compensated up to $175 in Visa gift cards.

Interested? Contact us:

Hearing and Balance Research Program

423-926-1171 ext. 2116