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Jonesborough: 8th Annual Brews and Boos
Main Street Jonesborough will host the 8th Annual Brews and Boos in downtown Jonesborough on Saturday, October 28 from 8 to 10 p.m.
Brews & Boos is set in Jimmy Neil Smith Park, behind the International Storytelling Center. Attendees will enjoy a series of ghost stories featuring world-renowned storytellers Lyn Ford and Michael Reno Harrell.
Main Street Café & Catering will serve fall-themed beer and cider and food will be available. Guests are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets as it is ground seating only.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the event and can be purchased online at Jonesborough.com/boo or by calling the Jonesborough Visitors Center at 423.753.1010. A limited number of tickets will be available at the gate.
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Main Street Jonesborough
Mission Statement: The Main Street Jonesborough Program is a community effort to preserve and promote the heart of the community, which is our downtown. Together we unify the downtown historic district by creating an attractive destination in which businesses prosper, the community benefits and residents and visitors enjoy a quality experience.
Vision Statement: To maintain Jonesborough’s downtown area as the focus of the community where history is preserved, businesses thrive, and residents and visitors dine, shop and enjoy the history, culture, storytelling, arts and entertainment.
Lyn Ford
Fourth-generation Affrilachian storyteller and Ohio teaching artist Lynette (Lyn) Ford has shared decades of creepy stories, haunted programs and boo-worthy workshops on telling and writing such tales. Lyn’s diverse works have been published in several story resources, including: The August House Book of Scary Stories, for which she helped to write a teachers’ guide; CDs, DVDs and radio recordings, and her own award-winning books, Affrilachian Tales; Folktales from the African-American Appalachian Tradition and Beyond the Briar Patch: Affrilachian Folktales, Food and Folklore, both of which include chapters of “Spookers and Haints”. Lyn’s book, Hot Wind, Boiling Rain: Scary Stories for Strong Hearts, offers original creepy folktale twists and tips for creatively writing them yourself. Lyn and her friend and fellow storyteller, Sherry Norfolk, developed their creepy tome, Boo-Tickle Tales: Not-So-Scary Stories for Ages 4-9, to include tips for telling and fun for all. Lyn is also a Creative Aging Project story coach (“Heartworks”), a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, a great-grandma, and a pretty good cook.
Michael Reno Harrell is an award-winning songwriter, a published author, a nationally known storyteller and a visual artist. He’s from the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina where all those things are as much a part of life as breathing. Michael’s talents in the aforementioned fields have taken him to forty-four states and several foreign countries over his fifty-three-year career. His work is based in life experiences that reflect the culture of his mountain roots, which go back eight generations. Michael’s stories, songs and artworks reflect not only the southern experience, but also American’s story. His work, in whichever form it may take, all comes down to one thing…story.
