This year’s production is an adaptation of the children’s classic The Secret Garden. As with all Missoula productions, the story is told with a twist! There will be parts for all ages, for boys and for girls, so we encourage any student from Kindergarten to 12th grade to try out!

An audition will be held on March 12th from 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm. Approximately 50 roles are available for local students. Those auditioning should arrive at 3:30 and plan to stay for the full two hours. No advance preparation is necessary. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.

The cast will rehearse daily from 3:45-8:15pm each day Tuesday through Friday, and present two performances on Saturday March 17 at 3 and 5:30 pm.

Thanks to the grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts and the Allied Arts and Leisure Council, the cost to participate is $35 for children of non-museum members and $30 for children of museum members. There are ten scholarships available for children of low income families or for families with more than two children who wish to participate. Deadlines to apply for scholarships is March 2, 2012. You can download a scholarship application to print and mail in or to email back to us.  For more information call or email Jennifer White at the museum at 423-339-5745 or education@museumcenter.org.

The Art of Quilt Design with Mary Keasler

Saturday, February 4
10:00 a.m. – 11:30
$5 for Members  $8 for Non-Members

Mary Keasler, a nationally known quilter from Cleveland whose unique style of quilting wows judges and viewers alike will show attendees how she “does what she does” in this presentation. In this lecture/demonstration Mary will talk about her techniques for creating the quilted masterpieces that have allowed her to win awards at major quilt shows. This class is suitable for non-quilters as well! Reservations and pre-payment required by Friday, February 3^rd.

How to Care and Maintain Your Featherweight Machine

Saturday, February 11
10:00 a.m. – noon
$8 for Members    $10 for Non-Members

Stan Pegram repairs Featherweight Sewing Machines and we’ve asked him to come in and share tips and techniques on how you can keep your machine in good working order to avoid sending it in to be repaired! With a little basic common sense knowledge you can keep your vintage machine from being sent in for costly repair work. There will be a question and answer session following Stan’s talk. Reservations and pre-payment are required by February 8^th.

Basics of Appliqué with Margaret McLaughlin

Saturday, February 18
10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
$10 for Members    $12 for Non-Members

Margaret McLaughlin, a skilled artist in appliqué, will teach a beginner class about using appliqué for quilting. Participants will create a small project. You will learn about color selection and project planning while creating a design with curves, circles, bias strips and overlapping in this hands-on project.  All materials will be provided. Reservations and pre-payment required by Wednesday, February 15.

Working with Pre-cuts: Jelly rolls, Charm Packs, Layer Cakes & More

Saturday, February 25
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
$20 for Members    $22 for Non-Members

Susan Hyder, from Hyderhangout Quilt Shop, will teach students how to use precuts. You will make a wine cozy, hot pad, and placemats in this class while learning to also use pre-cuts for full size quilts. Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday, February 22^nd.

Get a Grip on Quilting: Beginning Quilting for Kids

Saturday, March 3
noon – 3:00 p.m.
$10 for Members’ Children    $12 for Non-Members Children

Learn to quilt the quick, easy way with this class for kids ages 8 and up. Kids will learn the basics of piecing, backing and quilting a potholder! Kids will have the opportunity to practice machine and hand quilting techniques, and will leave with a potholder in the colors of their chlice, as well as written instructions for making more at home. All supplies are included.  Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday, February 29th.

All programs – free or paid – require advanced registration because space is limited. Call the museum at 423-339-5745 to register and save your spot.

The Museum Center is hosting the Eighth Annual Grape Escape Wine Dinner and Auction at Café Roma on Sunday January 29 at 5:30 p.m. The evening, which is limited in seating, consists of a four course dinner with wine pairings. A silent auction of wine related items, followed by a live auction of premier wines, wine tastings and a cocktail party at Holly Hill Estate. Proceeds from the evening benefit the Museum Center at 5ive Points.

Among this year’s live auction items will be a June cocktail party for 50 at Holly Hill, the private Charleston estate of Robert Rymer and John Teets. Greg Hicks of Impressions Catering is providing five gourmet appetizers, Hamilton Liquors is providing wine and cocktails are also included. The fabulous gardens at Holly Hill will be in full bloom in June making this a splendid location to host a party for your friends.

In addition to this amazing auction item, fine wines that have been selected throughout the year will be auctioned off. Throughout the evening, attendees can also bid on silent auction items of wines and wine related high ends arts and crafts. These items are often made by the artists and craftspeople of the Museum Center’s store. Each carefully handcrafted item uniquely brings in the theme of grapes or wine, while creating a remarkable one-of-a-kind work of art that will be cherished forever by the lucky winner.

Tickets for the Grape Escape are $95 each. Seating is limited, so guarantee your space by stopping by the Museum during open hours Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. or Saturday 10 a.m.– 3 p.m. to pay by check or credit card. You may also phone in your credit card information at 423-339-5745. To learn more visit www.GrapeEscape.org.

Thank you to our Grape Escape Sponsors:
Corporate Sponsor
Ralph Buckner Funeral Home & Crematorium

Gold Medal Sponsors
Tom and Judy Johnson
John Teets and Robert Rymer
Franklin Chancey
Scott and Tracy Kanavos

Silver Medal Sponsors
Jo Benjamin
Lynn DeVault
Barrett Painter
Don Ritzhaupt and Rachel Savage

Lisa discussing new “artifact”	Jenn and Ken display an “art project”
Jan and Tracy going over vocabulary	Ken Demonstrates a craft project

Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who help make the Museum Center the amazing community resource it is today. We’re proud of every one of you, and thankful for your gifts of time and talents!

Campers will learn how early Appalachian homes were decorated for the Christmas season using pinecones, evergreens, fruit and other natural resources, making do with what they had in nature. Kids will get to make their own Appalachian holiday decorations to decorate the classroom and take home.

The early settlers used the Christmas holidays as a time to entertain themselves, and kids will earn the parlor games, songs, and simple dances of the past and put on their own Christmas “tableau” just as the early Appalachian children would have done.

Food was an important part of the Christmas celebration and campers will learn about the foods the early Appalachian settlers ate for Christmas and get to sample special holiday treats.

Each day will bring in a special guest teacher who will share their skills and stories from different times and places to help bring the Appalachian Christmas Camp to life. The Camp ends with a Christmas party for families of the campers at 3:00 on Wednesday December 21^st.

Here’s what we are looking for. Contemporary and antique quilts are accepted and they do not need to be from Tennessee.  We do need to have a 4″ hanging sleeve sewn or pinned to the top back of the contemporary quilts for display. This sleeve does not need to be on antique quilts (which are hung on rods in a locked glass display case) or for the small wall hangings which are pinned up on the wall. If you have questions about this call our Curator Elizabeth at 339-5745.

Quilts will be judged before the exhibit opens by a guest judge in the following categories: Best of Show Large Contemporary, Best of Show Small Contemporary, Best of Show Antique, Best Duet (two-Person) Quilt, Best Group Quilt, and Best Use of Color & Design. During the show attendees vote on the Viewer’s Choice Award which is given out the last day of the exhibit.

This year’s Challenge is an Appalachian Quilt Trail Challenge.  You can submit a quilt also to the Challenge and be eligible for monetary prizes! Please review the guidelines below regarding theme, size, and other details before entering.  The quilt must be inspired by one of the quilt blocks on the Appalachian Quilt Trail in Bradley County which are below:

Challenge quilts must also be dropped off at the Museum between January 2-14, 2012, Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 3pm. Challenge quilts will also be on display at the Museum Center for the duration of the quilt show from January 26 – March 10. Click on the link below to download the Guidelines which has all the details.

Download Guidelines

If you have any questions concerning the exhibit, submissions, or the Challenge, please call Elizabeth Carriger at 423-339-5745 or email at Elizabeth@museumcenter.0rg

This event follows on the successful July Red, White and Blues event held at the Museum Center that was a sold out hit. As with the July event, attendees will have a light dinner, while listening to live swing music. To celebrate the season, an array of Christmas classics from the past will be played including Big Band music of the 1940’s, 50s and 60s by the Sassy Brass Big Band in the Museum’s Cultural Center.

The Sassy Brass Big Band is the joint effort of up to 25 community musicians who volunteer their time to share their love of music and entertaining with audiences. The musicians range in age from 15 to 88. Their vocations are varied including students, teachers, engineers, retired military, piano tuners, TVA employees, and Bowater employees. They all share a love and passion for music. The Sassy Brass Big Band is directed by Don Bindrim.

This serenade of smooth Christmas tunes will be a wonderful way to start off your holidays and spend a relaxing evening at the Museum Center.

Today David Carroll donated four black and white photos from World War II which depict Corporal Paul Huff visiting Hardwick Stove Foundry. He is shown examining the work of the women riveters who are working on a bomb casing being made for ammunition in the War effort. Is that Rosie the Riveter right here in Cleveland? You bet!

While it’s always exciting to find new photos of Cleveland’s Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, I was far more excited to see the women of Cleveland working during the 1940′s for the war industry. I had heard about this in passing, but had not seen any physical evidence. Hardwick Stove produced bomb casings for the War from 1942-1945. As Leroy Rymer remembers, Hardwick’s was such a large company that they were told by the U.S. Government what they would produce for the War effort. The other stove factories in town were smaller and had to seek out government contracts for the War.

Harrison Brown remembers that Brown Stove created a special type of stove that was used in Germany to heat the men’s tents. And Leroy Rymer remembers that Dixie Foundry made stoves to heat the men’s barracks. Since the majority of men were off fighting in the war, women filled many of the roles in the factories making the needed parts.

The photographs showing Paul Huff visiting the Hardwick Foundry show the women riveting, a job easily taken on by the female population. Some jobs at the local stove factories might not have been suitable for women workers. For instance, Harrison Brown wondered if women would have worked at the Brown Stove Foundry. Making stoves requires massive amounts of strength to pour the molten metal. Perhaps someone who worked at Brown or Dixie during the War can shed some light on this subject. Either way, the donated photographs give us a window into the world of women’s lives in World War II.

I’m not sure if there are many stories, photos, and perhaps objects (work clothes?) out there that relate to Cleveland women who worked in the factories during the War. If you or your family have something you would like to donate (or we can scan the photos if you don’t want to give them up quite yet) please give Elizabeth or Lisa a call at 339-5745. We’d love to hear from you!

~Lisa Simpson Lutts

Holidays at 5ive Points
Saturday, November 19 from 7-10pm

Winners:

Professional Category
1st: Tony Harris                 
2nd: Michael Graham

Adult/Amateur Category
1st: Nick Young
2nd: Mary Wampler
3rd: Sarah Crane

Youth Category
1st: Max Trew
2nd: Sarah Steele

Nick Young's Adult/Amatuer 1st Place

3rd: Zachary DeHart

Max Trew's Youth 1st Place