January 4, 20263:00 pm - 5:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
Dog Man (2025) 3pm
Family Series
When a dog and apolice officer are injured together on the job, a life-saving surgery changesthe course of history. Half dog, half man, Dog Man is sworn to protect andserve as he doggedly pursues his arch-nemesis: the feline supervillain Peteythe Cat. But the rivalry between Dog Man and Petey is upended by the arrival ofan adorable kitten clone of Petey, Lil Petey.
John Lithgow plays the head of a family that becomesattached to a monster they run into while camping. Nancy: Melinda Dillon.Wrightwood: Don Ameche. Sarah: Margaret Langrick. Ernie: Joshua Rudoy. Directedby William Dear.
January 17, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
Jurassic Park (1993)
90’s classics
Audience Picks Series
Genetically engineered dinosaurs run amok on a remoteisland. It's up to a paleontologist, a paleobotanist and a mathematician tooutmaneuver the deadly beasts and find their way back to civilization. Based onMichael Crichton's best seller. The film won three Oscars, including BestVisual Effects.
January 18, 20263:00 pm - 5:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
Back to the Future (1985)
80’s classics
An eccentric scientist builds a time machine, whichaccidentally transports a high-school student back to the 1950s, where the teeninadvertently interferes with the budding romance between his future parents.The boy must figure out how to set things right, or risk completely alteringthe future.
MLK Student Art Show 2025 January 19, 20269:00 am - 5:00 pm
McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School, 103 Franklin Ave, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Town of Jonesborough is proud to partner with Johnson City and Washington County Schools on their fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service Exhibition. The theme for this year’s regional celebration is, The Beloved Community: It Starts With Me. “The McKinney Center is a perfect place for such an event,” states McKinney Center Director, Theresa Hammons. “This building was built and opened in 1940 as the Booker T. Washington School and served African American students K-8th grade. It was a building that divided our community’s children and now it is a safe space to bring everyone together. We couldn’t be prouder to host this exhibition for a fourth year.”
The regional MLK Day of Service Committee chose the theme, It Starts With Me, in hopes that the students will create and express in their or own or group art, how they can make a difference in the world.
Students of all grade levels and abilities are encouraged to make artwork for the exhibit and will work directly with their art teachers at their respective schools to create the artwork for display.
Elementary School – Elementary students are encouraged to draw, paint or color artwork using any medium they’d like that we are able to display.
Middle School – Middle School students can also submit their artwork, or they can complete a group project or essay.
High School – High School students can submit artwork, an essay, group project, or they are encouraged to use video and photography as a way to express their art.
Students will be notified about this project by their school’s related art teachers. Students may also turn in their projects to their related art teachers for submission into the exhibition.
The exhibition will be on public display January 19 - 23, 8am – 5pm with a closing reception on Thursday, January 22, 6-8pm. Culinary Art students will be providing light refreshments for the reception and the event is free and open to the public.
This event is one of many events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Day of Service on January 19, 2026. The MLK Planning Committee consists of the following partners:
Town of Jonesborough/McKinney Center
ETSU
Johnson City Schools
Ministerial Alliance of Johnson City
Washington County Schools
Langston Education and Arts Development
Carver Recreation Center
Langston Centre
International Storytelling Center
Four 13
For more information about your student submitting artwork, please contact your school
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MLK Student Art Show 2024 January 20, 20269:00 am - 5:00 pm
McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School, 103 Franklin Ave, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Town of Jonesborough is proud to partner with Johnson City and Washington County Schools on their fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service Exhibition. The theme for this year’s regional celebration is, The Beloved Community: It Starts With Me. “The McKinney Center is a perfect place for such an event,” states McKinney Center Director, Theresa Hammons. “This building was built and opened in 1940 as the Booker T. Washington School and served African American students K-8th grade. It was a building that divided our community’s children and now it is a safe space to bring everyone together. We couldn’t be prouder to host this exhibition for a fourth year.”
The regional MLK Day of Service Committee chose the theme, It Starts With Me, in hopes that the students will create and express in their or own or group art, how they can make a difference in the world.
Students of all grade levels and abilities are encouraged to make artwork for the exhibit and will work directly with their art teachers at their respective schools to create the artwork for display.
Elementary School – Elementary students are encouraged to draw, paint or color artwork using any medium they’d like that we are able to display.
Middle School – Middle School students can also submit their artwork, or they can complete a group project or essay.
High School – High School students can submit artwork, an essay, group project, or they are encouraged to use video and photography as a way to express their art.
Students will be notified about this project by their school’s related art teachers. Students may also turn in their projects to their related art teachers for submission into the exhibition.
The exhibition will be on public display January 19 - 23, 8am – 5pm with a closing reception on Thursday, January 22, 6-8pm. Culinary Art students will be providing light refreshments for the reception and the event is free and open to the public.
This event is one of many events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Day of Service on January 19, 2026. The MLK Planning Committee consists of the following partners:
Town of Jonesborough/McKinney Center
ETSU
Johnson City Schools
Ministerial Alliance of Johnson City
Washington County Schools
Langston Education and Arts Development
Carver Recreation Center
Langston Centre
International Storytelling Center
Four 13
For more information about your student submitting artwork, please contact your school
The Planning Commission meets regularly the third Tuesday of each month, and reviews and approves commercial site plans, subdivision plans, signage, re-zoning and variance requests. All Planning Commission meetings are open to the public.
Jonesborough Storyte…
Jonesborough Storytelling Guild January 20, 20267:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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MLK Student Art Show 2024 January 21, 20269:00 am - 5:00 pm
McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School, 103 Franklin Ave, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Town of Jonesborough is proud to partner with Johnson City and Washington County Schools on their fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service Exhibition. The theme for this year’s regional celebration is, The Beloved Community: It Starts With Me. “The McKinney Center is a perfect place for such an event,” states McKinney Center Director, Theresa Hammons. “This building was built and opened in 1940 as the Booker T. Washington School and served African American students K-8th grade. It was a building that divided our community’s children and now it is a safe space to bring everyone together. We couldn’t be prouder to host this exhibition for a fourth year.”
The regional MLK Day of Service Committee chose the theme, It Starts With Me, in hopes that the students will create and express in their or own or group art, how they can make a difference in the world.
Students of all grade levels and abilities are encouraged to make artwork for the exhibit and will work directly with their art teachers at their respective schools to create the artwork for display.
Elementary School – Elementary students are encouraged to draw, paint or color artwork using any medium they’d like that we are able to display.
Middle School – Middle School students can also submit their artwork, or they can complete a group project or essay.
High School – High School students can submit artwork, an essay, group project, or they are encouraged to use video and photography as a way to express their art.
Students will be notified about this project by their school’s related art teachers. Students may also turn in their projects to their related art teachers for submission into the exhibition.
The exhibition will be on public display January 19 - 23, 8am – 5pm with a closing reception on Thursday, January 22, 6-8pm. Culinary Art students will be providing light refreshments for the reception and the event is free and open to the public.
This event is one of many events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Day of Service on January 19, 2026. The MLK Planning Committee consists of the following partners:
Town of Jonesborough/McKinney Center
ETSU
Johnson City Schools
Ministerial Alliance of Johnson City
Washington County Schools
Langston Education and Arts Development
Carver Recreation Center
Langston Centre
International Storytelling Center
Four 13
For more information about your student submitting artwork, please contact your school
Queen Kelly at The J…
Queen Kelly at The Jackson Theatre
January 21, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
Queen Kelly (1928)
Pay What You Can
Speakeasy Cinema Series - Doors open at 6 pm, movie at 7pm
Jazz Music, Specialty Craft Cocktails (and Mocktails) for purchase
along with our full selection of beverages at the concession stand.
Complimentary light bites will we available.
Queen Kelly opens in the imaginary European country of Cobourg-Nassau, sometime before the first World War, where the vain and cruel Queen Regina V (Seena Owen) obsesses over her feckless fiancé (Walter Byron), Prince “Wild” Wolfram. When the dissolute prince encounters an innocent but flirtatious convent girl, Patricia Kelly (Gloria Swanson), he falls in love. Desperate to see her before his upcoming wedding to the Queen, he kidnaps Kelly and brings her to his rooms in the palace. When the Queen discovers the lovers, she whips the nightgowned girl and throws her out into the night. After an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Kelly returns to the convent, where she receives a telegram, summoning her to the bedside of her dying aunt (Florence Gibson) in Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa. There, the innocent young girl is shocked to find herself in a seedy bordello. On her deathbed, Kelly’s aunt begs her niece to wed the syphilitic brothel owner, Jan (Tully Marshall). A Milestone / Kino Lorber release.
Reconstruction: Dennis Doros and Amy Heller, Milestone Film & Video, Harrington Park, NJ. Nitrate materials and stills courtesy of The George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York. 4K digital stabilization, timing and cleanup by Metropolis Post, NYC. Colorist: Jason Crump. Digital restoration artist: Ian Bostick. Supervised by Milestone Films.
MLK Student Art Show 2024 January 22, 20269:00 am - 5:00 pm
McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School, 103 Franklin Ave, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Town of Jonesborough is proud to partner with Johnson City and Washington County Schools on their fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service Exhibition. The theme for this year’s regional celebration is, The Beloved Community: It Starts With Me. “The McKinney Center is a perfect place for such an event,” states McKinney Center Director, Theresa Hammons. “This building was built and opened in 1940 as the Booker T. Washington School and served African American students K-8th grade. It was a building that divided our community’s children and now it is a safe space to bring everyone together. We couldn’t be prouder to host this exhibition for a fourth year.”
The regional MLK Day of Service Committee chose the theme, It Starts With Me, in hopes that the students will create and express in their or own or group art, how they can make a difference in the world.
Students of all grade levels and abilities are encouraged to make artwork for the exhibit and will work directly with their art teachers at their respective schools to create the artwork for display.
Elementary School – Elementary students are encouraged to draw, paint or color artwork using any medium they’d like that we are able to display.
Middle School – Middle School students can also submit their artwork, or they can complete a group project or essay.
High School – High School students can submit artwork, an essay, group project, or they are encouraged to use video and photography as a way to express their art.
Students will be notified about this project by their school’s related art teachers. Students may also turn in their projects to their related art teachers for submission into the exhibition.
The exhibition will be on public display January 19 - 23, 8am – 5pm with a closing reception on Thursday, January 22, 6-8pm. Culinary Art students will be providing light refreshments for the reception and the event is free and open to the public.
This event is one of many events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Day of Service on January 19, 2026. The MLK Planning Committee consists of the following partners:
Town of Jonesborough/McKinney Center
ETSU
Johnson City Schools
Ministerial Alliance of Johnson City
Washington County Schools
Langston Education and Arts Development
Carver Recreation Center
Langston Centre
International Storytelling Center
Four 13
For more information about your student submitting artwork, please contact your school
Historic Zoning
Historic Zoning January 22, 20266:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Jonesborough Town Administration, 123 Boone St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
MLK Student Art Show…
MLK Student Art Show Reception January 22, 20266:00 pm - 8:00 pm
McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School, 103 Franklin Ave, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Town of Jonesborough is proud to partner with Johnson City and Washington County Schools on their fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service Exhibition. The theme for this year’s regional celebration is, The Beloved Community: It Starts With Me. “The McKinney Center is a perfect place for such an event,” states McKinney Center Director, Theresa Hammons. “This building was built and opened in 1940 as the Booker T. Washington School and served African American students K-8th grade. It was a building that divided our community’s children and now it is a safe space to bring everyone together. We couldn’t be prouder to host this exhibition for a fourth year.”
The regional MLK Day of Service Committee chose the theme, It Starts With Me, in hopes that the students will create and express in their or own or group art, how they can make a difference in the world.
Students of all grade levels and abilities are encouraged to make artwork for the exhibit and will work directly with their art teachers at their respective schools to create the artwork for display.
Elementary School – Elementary students are encouraged to draw, paint or color artwork using any medium they’d like that we are able to display.
Middle School – Middle School students can also submit their artwork, or they can complete a group project or essay.
High School – High School students can submit artwork, an essay, group project, or they are encouraged to use video and photography as a way to express their art.
Students will be notified about this project by their school’s related art teachers. Students may also turn in their projects to their related art teachers for submission into the exhibition.
The exhibition will be on public display January 19 - 23, 8am – 5pm with a closing reception on Thursday, January 22, 6-8pm. Culinary Art students will be providing light refreshments for the reception and the event is free and open to the public.
This event is one of many events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Day of Service on January 19, 2026. The MLK Planning Committee consists of the following partners:
Town of Jonesborough/McKinney Center
ETSU
Johnson City Schools
Ministerial Alliance of Johnson City
Washington County Schools
Langston Education and Arts Development
Carver Recreation Center
Langston Centre
International Storytelling Center
Four 13
For more information about your student submitting artwork, please contact your school
Sunset Boulevard at …
Sunset Boulevard at The Jackson Theatre
January 22, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Cinema Classics
Audience Picks Series
Screen gem about an aging silent-film star who has fadedinto Hollywood obscurity and enlists a down-on-his-luck, opportunistic youngscreenwriter to aid her comeback, but her maniacal ego turns the challenge intoan uphill battle.
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, William Holden
The award-winning StoryTown Radio Show will celebrate 15 years of its popular live production at the McKinney Center with a special Gala performance on January 26th at 7PM.
StoryTown Radio Show 15th Season Kick-Off & Gala will feature popular stories and fan favorites from the past fifteen seasons, like Leon Overbay’s beloved tales from Boone’s Creek and the hilarious recollection of working at the Farm to Table Dinner. Cast members who haven’t been in the show for a while will be back on the McKinney Center stage, ready to celebrate. Drawn from true stories collected throughout Jonesborough and the Tri-Cities region, the skits range from heartwarming to outright funny. This month’s musical guest is Radio Show favorite Momma Molasses. You won’t want to miss her self-proclaimed “warbling country-folk, tear in your beer ballads; toe-tapping, finger-picking, and sweet soundin'” original tunes.
A gala will be held immediately following the performance, featuring various desserts and small bites from local stores and restaurants. Audience members will have an opportunity to mingle and talk with the cast, musicians, writers, and directors.
Tickets for the opening performance are $10 and available online at Jonesborough.com/tickets or by calling the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center at 423-753-1010.
Season Passes are only $90 and include a complimentary StoryTown Radio Show seat cushion. Don’t miss a show in our blockbuster, 15th season. Get your Season Passes today at Jonesborough.com/tickets, click on “Event Packages.”
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Jonesborough Storytelling Guild January 27, 20267:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at The Jackson Theatre
January 29, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Audience Picks Series
Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the wizard and a group of dwarvesseek a dragon's treasure, and encounter a series of incredible obstacles overthe course of their epic journey.
January 30, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Audience Picks Series
Thorin Oakenshield and his mighty band of dwarves, alongwith Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, continue their crusade to reclaim Erebor fromthe dragon Smaug in this fantasy that picks up where the events of "TheHobbit: An Unexpected Journey" left off.
January 31, 20261:00 pm - 1:30 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Jackson Theatre originally opened in 1945 and closed in the early 1960's. It has now been fully restored in the heart of historic downtown. Serving as a vibrant hub for the arts, the Jackson Theatre now operates as a music venue, movie theater, and community rental venue bringing entertainment and culture to the community once again.
Learn about the rich history of our building through a presentation, short film and self guided tour.
January 31, 20263:00 pm - 5:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
Family Series
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons havebeen bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart. The inventive yetoverlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast Hiccup defies centuries of traditionwhen he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bondreveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Vikingsociety.
January 31, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Audience Picks Series
In the final chapter of "The Hobbit" series, BilboBaggins and his traveling companions get caught up in a war that threatens todestroy all of Middle Earth.
The award-winning StoryTown Radio Show will celebrate 15 years of its popular live production at the McKinney Center with a special Gala performance on January 26th at 7PM.
StoryTown Radio Show 15th Season Kick-Off & Gala will feature popular stories and fan favorites from the past fifteen seasons, like Leon Overbay’s beloved tales from Boone’s Creek and the hilarious recollection of working at the Farm to Table Dinner. Cast members who haven’t been in the show for a while will be back on the McKinney Center stage, ready to celebrate. Drawn from true stories collected throughout Jonesborough and the Tri-Cities region, the skits range from heartwarming to outright funny. This month’s musical guest is Radio Show favorite Momma Molasses. You won’t want to miss her self-proclaimed “warbling country-folk, tear in your beer ballads; toe-tapping, finger-picking, and sweet soundin'” original tunes.
A gala will be held immediately following the performance, featuring various desserts and small bites from local stores and restaurants. Audience members will have an opportunity to mingle and talk with the cast, musicians, writers, and directors.
Tickets for the opening performance are $10 and available online at Jonesborough.com/tickets or by calling the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center at 423-753-1010.
Season Passes are only $90 and include a complimentary StoryTown Radio Show seat cushion. Don’t miss a show in our blockbuster, 15th season. Get your Season Passes today at Jonesborough.com/tickets, click on “Event Packages.”
January 27, 2026
Jonesborough Storytelling Guild January 27, 20267:00 pm - 8:00 pm
January 29, 2026
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at The Jackson Theatre
January 29, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Audience Picks Series
Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the wizard and a group of dwarvesseek a dragon's treasure, and encounter a series of incredible obstacles overthe course of their epic journey.
January 30, 20267:00 pm - 9:00 pm Jackson Theatre, 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659, USA
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Audience Picks Series
Thorin Oakenshield and his mighty band of dwarves, alongwith Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, continue their crusade to reclaim Erebor fromthe dragon Smaug in this fantasy that picks up where the events of "TheHobbit: An Unexpected Journey" left off.
The January 2026 Employee of the Month is Major Jamie Aistrop. Jamie began his career with the Town of Jonesborough Police Department in April 2012, and he has risen through the ranks to Major. In addition to Jamie’s work to oversee the administrative portion of the Police Department, Jamie is dedicated to the Shop With A Cop Program. Taking on this monumental task is beyond Major Aistrop’s normal job duties.
Jamie began overseeing the Shop With A Cop Program in 2016 and the program has grown by leaps and bounds. In 2026, over 200 local kids experienced the generosity of the community as they benefited from the Shop With A Cop program and this year, those children’s families received a food box. That is a lot of organizing, fundraising, and planning!
