Every Tuesday night at 7pm at the International Storytelling Center!

Happy Death Day (2017)

Wacky Wednesday

In this clever and compelling horror mystery, a college student is trapped in a time loop that forces her to keep reliving a birthday that ends with her murder at the hands of a masked madman. As she repeats the same day, she tries to figure out her killer's identity so she can avoid a grisly fate.

Rated PG-13

Running Time 96 minutes

This October, the McKinney Center is proud to present A Spot on the Hill, the original, research-based play all about the inhabitants of the Old Jonesborough Cemetery. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs to sit on. Seats are not provided at the cemetery. Come and listen to real stories of real lives among real tombstones.

Performances for A Spot on the Hill will take place at 6:30 p.m. on October 8th, 9th, 10th, 15th, 16th, and 17th. There will be a 2:00 p.m. matinee performance on October 10^th at the McKinney Center (103 Franklin Avenue) and a 2:00 pm matinee in the cemetery on October 17^th. At the outdoor matinee, there will be ASL interpretation provided by BridgesEAST. The indoor performance on October 10^th is ADA accessible. Tickets are limited, and sell out fast, so make sure you buy yours today. Tickets are $12.00.

Audience members should arrive 15 minutes prior to show time. Parking is available at the First Baptist Church and downtown. It is a short walk up East Main Street to the cemetery from the First Baptist Church lot. A golf cart courtesy shuttle will be available for guests who need it. This program is not suggested for children less than 10 years of age. In case of inclement weather, the show will be relocated to an indoor location. No coolers are allowed in the cemetery, and there are no restrooms on the grounds so prepare accordingly.

Babe (1995)

Appalachian RC&D Event

After being separated from his family, a young pig befriends his fellow farm animals and learns to be a useful member of the farm by herding sheep, all in an effort to save himself from ending up on someone's dinner plate.

Rated G

Running Time 91 minutes

The Hateful Eight (2015)

A bounty hunter and his captured fugitive seek refuge from a blizzard in a Wyoming mountain cabin, where they find a group of other distrustful strangers. In time, tensions boil over and bloodshed ensues. Directed by Quentin Tarantino



Rated R

Running Time 168 minutes

Come and learn some truly chilling history in Jonesborough this October. From horse theft to murder and mass graves, hear the very true tales and more during this unique tour that's perfect for a spooky October evening. 

The True and Chilling Tales Tour will take place at 7:00pm on October 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, and 29. Your guide will lead you down Main Street, and please mind your step, lest you end up a true and chilling tale, too! Tickets are $15.00 each and can be purchased through the Town of Jonesborough's ticketing system at jonesborough.com/tickets. The tour will last an hour. Groups are limited to 15 people, so make sure you buy your tickets in advance. The tours will depart from the Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum on Main Street. This tour is rated PG-13 for content and is not recommended for children under 13 years of age. Please note these stories are very true and some of them are gory and unpleasant and may be upsetting or triggering. Listeners beware. 

The Met: Live in HD series has made the Met the world’s leading provider of alternative cinema content and the only arts institution with an ongoing global series of this scale. When the series launched in 2006, the Met was the first arts company to experiment with alternative cinema content. Since then, the program has expanded, with more than 33 million tickets sold to date and robust attendance in five global cinema markets: the United States, Germany, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. In North America, weekend box office ratings also remain strong, often placing Live in HD presentations—with only one showing—among the weekend’s top-grossing films. The 2026–27 season marks the 20th anniversary of the Live in HD program. The Met: Live in HD series has increased accessibility to Met performances for audiences around the world. With a global average ticket price of $23, the series has made world-class performances accessible to millions of opera lovers each season.

Met artists and celebrity opera lovers serve as hosts for the Live in HD series, providing background on the operas, introducing exciting behind-the-scenes features, and conducting live interviews with stars, crew, and production teams. Tickets for the 2026–27 Live in HD season will go on sale in the United States and Canada in July 2026, with international ticketing dates varying from country to country. Respective ticketing dates will be announced separately by individual distributors.

 The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, the Neubauer Family Foundation. Digital support of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Met: Live in HD series is in partnership with Rolex.

Within months of their initial live transmissions, the Live in HD programs are shown on PBS in the United States. The PBS series Great Performances at the Met is produced in association with PBS and the WNET Group.

For more information about The Met: Live in HD, visit metopera.org/hd.

Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates two decades of The Met: Live in HD with a special onscreen presentation, hosted by Renée Fleming, featuring unforgettable moments from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary performances.  

Mozart

Così fan tutte

Live from the Met in theaters: Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love returns in Phelim McDermott’s Coney Island–inspired production that sets the uproarious story at a 1950s boardwalk amusement park. Maestro Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts. 

Verdi

Macbeth

Live from the Met in theaters: Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists, baritone Quinn Kelsey and soprano Lise Davidsen, star as Shakespeare’s scheming couple in a powerful new production by director Louisa Proske. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

Saint-Saëns

Samson et Dalila

Live from the Met in theaters: Saint-Saëns’s grand operatic take on the biblical tale returns with mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley in the title roles. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Darko Tresnjak’s epic production.

Puccini

La Fanciulla del West

Live from the Met in theaters: Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns with a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as Minnie, alongside tenor SeokJong Baek as Dick Johnson and Christoper Maltman as Jack Rance. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.

Kevin Puts / Libretto by Mark Campbell

Silent Night

Live from the Met in theaters: Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize–winning opera premieres at the Met, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers set aside the horrors of the First World War and crossed the trenches to mingle, exchange gifts, and sing carols with the enemy. Debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska conducts an evocative staging by James Robinson.

Massenet

Manon

Live from the Met in theaters: Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, opposite tenor Matthew Polenzani as Manon’s idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, in Laurent Pelly’s breathtaking Belle Époque production. Maestro Yves Abel conducts.

Verdi

Otello

Live from the Met in theaters: Tenor Brian Jagde stars in the tour-de-force title role of Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean drama—one of the pinnacles of Italian opera—alongside soprano Ailyn Pérez as Desdemona in Bartlett Sher’s production. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Wagner

Parsifal

Live from the Met in theaters: Wagner’s transcendent final opera returns in François Girard’s acclaimed production. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as Kundry, and baritone Peter Mattei as Amfortas.

Bizet

Carmen (ENCORE)

In celebration of 20 years of The Met: Live HD, the iconic 2010 performance of Bizet’s masterpiece returns to cinemas, starring mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča in the title role and tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in his debut season, conducts Richard Eyre’s beloved production.

Mozart

The Magic Flute (ENCORE)

The Met’s abridged, English-language version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute made history in December 2006 as the first-ever Live in HD transmission. This historic performance of Julie Taymor’s magical production returns to cinemas this holiday season for a special encore presentation.

Puccini

Tosca (ENCORE)

In celebration of 20 years of The Met: Live HD, the electrifying 2024 performance of Puccini’s Tosca returns to cinemas, starring soprano Lise Davidsen in the title role, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and baritone Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium.

Join us at the Jackson Theatre on Sunday, October 11th at 4pm for Eugene Wolf's "Book of Mamaw".

The Book of Mamaw is a deeply personal, music-filled journey through the heart of Appalachia. When two-year-old Eugene wins a talent contest singing My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You, his beloved grandmother, Mamaw, knows he is destined for something special.

Raised in Greeneville, Tennessee after his father abandons the family, Eugene grows up in a world of Church of Christ hymns, Grand Ole Opry dreams, Kays Ice Cream shifts, and Avon sales calls where Mamaw proudly has him perform for her customers. From Connie Francis and Loretta Lynn to The Beatles and Barbra Streisand, Eugene discovers that music can fill the emptiness left by loss and become a bridge to hope.

Filled with humor, heart, and extraordinary performances spanning bluegrass, gospel, country, and pop, Eugene Wolf celebrates the woman who gave him everything and explores how her fierce, complicated love shaped the man and artist he would become.

"As both performer and playwright of The Book of Mamaw, Eugene Wolf succeeds at both in such a way that the presentation felt like a gift... Wolf has not learned these hymns in a workshop or seminar. He has lived these hymns."

— DC Theatre Scene

Stranger Tales from Appalachia (2026)

LOCAL FILM PREMIER



Pay What You Can

Appalachian filmmakers return with three new tales of terror in the feature-length anthology film Stranger Tales from Appalachia.

In TrailDead, a lone survivor escapes to the mountains during a mysterious zombie outbreak and must discover the truth about what really happened to the world, and to himself. A wandering mountain man encounters the Devil, back on Earth to start a new hell, in the Appalachian folktale Set the Woods on Fire. And in Blacklight, a conspiracy podcaster goes down a dark rabbit hole when he sets out to uncover the disappearance of a prominent UFO researcher in a peculiar small town.

Stranger Tales from Appalachia was shot exclusively in Northeast Tennessee, with an entirely local cast and crew.

Unrated. Contains language, violence, and brief nudity

Alison Brown Brings Her Groundbreaking Banjo Sound to The Jackson Theatre October 16.

GRAMMY Award-winning musician Alison Brown will perform at The Jackson Theatre on Friday, October 16, at 7pm.

Known as one of roots music’s most innovative banjo players, Brown has expanded the possibilities of the instrument by blending bluegrass with jazz, folk, pop, classical and Latin influences. Billboard praised her playing as having “a unique sonic signature and an inescapable beauty,” while USA Today called her a “true ground-breaker” who is opening new possibilities for the banjo.

Brown began her musical career as a teenager in Southern California’s bluegrass scene before earning a degree from Harvard University and an MBA from UCLA. After working as an investment banker, she left the financial world to pursue music full time and has since built a career as a GRAMMY-winning musician, GRAMMY-nominated producer and co-founder of Compass Records Group.

Her work has received national recognition from NPR, CBS Sunday Morning, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and other major outlets. She has also appeared on programs including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The View.

Brown recently collaborated with fellow GRAMMY Award-winning banjoist Steve Martin on the album Safe, Sensible and Sane. The project features guest appearances from Jackson Browne, Vince Gill, the Indigo Girls, Tim O’Brien, Jason Mraz, Della Mae and others.

Audiences can hear Alison Brown live at The Jackson Theatre, located at 121 W. Main Street in downtown Jonesborough, on October 16 at 7pm.

Tickets are available at JacksonTheatre.com.

The Met: Live in HD series has made the Met the world’s leading provider of alternative cinema content and the only arts institution with an ongoing global series of this scale. When the series launched in 2006, the Met was the first arts company to experiment with alternative cinema content. Since then, the program has expanded, with more than 33 million tickets sold to date and robust attendance in five global cinema markets: the United States, Germany, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. In North America, weekend box office ratings also remain strong, often placing Live in HD presentations—with only one showing—among the weekend’s top-grossing films. The 2026–27 season marks the 20th anniversary of the Live in HD program. The Met: Live in HD series has increased accessibility to Met performances for audiences around the world. With a global average ticket price of $23, the series has made world-class performances accessible to millions of opera lovers each season.

Met artists and celebrity opera lovers serve as hosts for the Live in HD series, providing background on the operas, introducing exciting behind-the-scenes features, and conducting live interviews with stars, crew, and production teams. Tickets for the 2026–27 Live in HD season will go on sale in the United States and Canada in July 2026, with international ticketing dates varying from country to country. Respective ticketing dates will be announced separately by individual distributors.

 The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, the Neubauer Family Foundation. Digital support of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Met: Live in HD series is in partnership with Rolex.

Within months of their initial live transmissions, the Live in HD programs are shown on PBS in the United States. The PBS series Great Performances at the Met is produced in association with PBS and the WNET Group.

For more information about The Met: Live in HD, visit metopera.org/hd.

Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates two decades of The Met: Live in HD with a special onscreen presentation, hosted by Renée Fleming, featuring unforgettable moments from the company’s collection of more than 185 extraordinary performances.  

Mozart

Così fan tutte

Live from the Met in theaters: Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love returns in Phelim McDermott’s Coney Island–inspired production that sets the uproarious story at a 1950s boardwalk amusement park. Maestro Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts. 

Verdi

Macbeth

Live from the Met in theaters: Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists, baritone Quinn Kelsey and soprano Lise Davidsen, star as Shakespeare’s scheming couple in a powerful new production by director Louisa Proske. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

Saint-Saëns

Samson et Dalila

Live from the Met in theaters: Saint-Saëns’s grand operatic take on the biblical tale returns with mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley in the title roles. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Darko Tresnjak’s epic production.

Puccini

La Fanciulla del West

Live from the Met in theaters: Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns with a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as Minnie, alongside tenor SeokJong Baek as Dick Johnson and Christoper Maltman as Jack Rance. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.

Kevin Puts / Libretto by Mark Campbell

Silent Night

Live from the Met in theaters: Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize–winning opera premieres at the Met, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce, when soldiers set aside the horrors of the First World War and crossed the trenches to mingle, exchange gifts, and sing carols with the enemy. Debuting maestro Dalia Stasevska conducts an evocative staging by James Robinson.

Massenet

Manon

Live from the Met in theaters: Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, opposite tenor Matthew Polenzani as Manon’s idealistic lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, in Laurent Pelly’s breathtaking Belle Époque production. Maestro Yves Abel conducts.

Verdi

Otello

Live from the Met in theaters: Tenor Brian Jagde stars in the tour-de-force title role of Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean drama—one of the pinnacles of Italian opera—alongside soprano Ailyn Pérez as Desdemona in Bartlett Sher’s production. Michele Mariotti leads the full forces of the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the exhilarating score.

Wagner

Parsifal

Live from the Met in theaters: Wagner’s transcendent final opera returns in François Girard’s acclaimed production. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast of Wagnerian superstars, including tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča as Kundry, and baritone Peter Mattei as Amfortas.

Bizet

Carmen (ENCORE)

In celebration of 20 years of The Met: Live HD, the iconic 2010 performance of Bizet’s masterpiece returns to cinemas, starring mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča in the title role and tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in his debut season, conducts Richard Eyre’s beloved production.

Mozart

The Magic Flute (ENCORE)

The Met’s abridged, English-language version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute made history in December 2006 as the first-ever Live in HD transmission. This historic performance of Julie Taymor’s magical production returns to cinemas this holiday season for a special encore presentation.

Puccini

Tosca (ENCORE)

In celebration of 20 years of The Met: Live HD, the electrifying 2024 performance of Puccini’s Tosca returns to cinemas, starring soprano Lise Davidsen in the title role, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and baritone Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium.

Main Street Jonesborough will host the 11^th Annual Brews and Boos in downtown Jonesborough on Saturday, October 17 from 7 to 9 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 Michael Reno Harrell and Jessica Piscitelli Robinson.

Main Street Café & Catering will serve fall-themed beer and cider and food will be available.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 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.

Check-in will be held on the steps of Jimmy Neil Smith Park, adjacent to the Storytelling Center Plaza, beginning at 5:30 p.m. If you plan to purchase alcohol, you MUST have your I.D.

Guests are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets; ground seating only. This performance is best suited for kids 10+.

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Family Series

Three 17th-century witches, hanged for their murderous crimes, are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy, who must now figure out how to get them back in the ground.

Rated PG

Running Time 95 minutes

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Wacky Wednesday

Classic howls with Bud and Lou, and scary stuff involving Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man and a femme fatale. Chilling score. One of the best in the Abbott and Costello series.

Not Rated

Running Time 83 minutes

Tales of Our 250^th: A Jonesborough History Variety Show

Join the Jackson Theatre and the McKinney Center for a series of programs celebrating local history and America’s 250^th birthday. Tales of Our 250^th includes skits, historians, re-enactors, musicians, and much more in a tapestry of Jonesborough stories and community history. These events will run June-October and start at 7:00 pm. They are Pay What You Can but go ahead and reserve your seats at Jonesborough.com/tickets.

Each evening will include a scene or scenes from the original play The First and Last Town in Tennessee, written by Anne G’Fellers-Mason, which premiered earlier this year at the McKinney Center and was featured in The New York Times. Join Jonesborough historian Paul Fink, portrayed by Tim Herron, as he walks you through the big and small moments that make Jonesborough an important part of the American story.

Programming dates and times are listed below. Acts are subject to change. Each performance starts at 7pm will last about 90 minutes.

June 25^th – Embracing the Past: Historic Preservation in Jonesborough with a presentation by Dr. William Kennedy and a performance by local band The Ozone Rangers

July 23^rd – Forging a New Nation: Revolutionary War History featuring re-enactors from Sycamore Shoals and a performance by the Watauga Valley Fife and Drum Corps

August 20^th – The Road to Freedom: African American History in Jonesborough including a special presentation of the original and award-winning play Nancy, presented by the Heritage Alliance

September 24^th – The Lost State of Franklin with a presentation by Dr. William Hardy from MTSU and the stories behind the Battle of the State of Franklin with Tipton Haynes State Historic Site

October 22^nd – A House Divided: Civil War History in Jonesborough with a presentation by Dr. Tom Lee form ETSU and a performance by the 52^nd Regimental String Band

This programming is supported in part by the Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial.

Tis the season for haunted trivia night. The McSpooky Center is once again teaming up with the Scare-itage Alliance for Halloween Trivia Night. Join us on October 23^th for a frighteningly fun Halloween Trivia contest with questions to test your knowledge of all things ghostly, strange, macabre, and historical!

The festivities will take place on Friday, October 23^th at 7:00 pm at the McKinney Center with Halloween themed trivia questions, friendly competition, a costume contest, and a ton of fun! Not a “history buff?” No reason to fear! These questions cover a wide range of topics and categories and include something for everyone. Main Street Café will also be on hand to sell a frightening assortment of beers.

It’s only $8.00 per person to play! Tickets are available online at jonesborough.com/tickets. Solo play is allowed. Teams are encouraged, but the person limit per team is 8 people. Please enter your team’s name in the comments when purchasing your tickets if you know it. Heritage Alliance and McKinney Center staff will host the event, tallying points and administering prizes to the winners. The event is family-friendly and open to all ages. The costume contest will occur during intermission. Dress up and try to win a prize!