Listening Day

Name: Listening Day
Start: 2025-03-25T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-25T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Jonesborough Senior Center

Schedule

Tue Mar 25 2025 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Jonesborough Senior Center | Jonesborough, TN

The McKinney Center and StoryTown will be hosting a Listening Day on Tuesday, March 25th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at the Jonesborough Senior Center. Area residents are encouraged to come and share personal stories about moving to Jonesborough, immigrating to the United States, service stories from the Armed Forces, humorous tales about miscommunication, and cooking adventures gone wrong. If any of these topics spark memories, come by the Senior Center that day to share a story. Other stories are welcome, too. Everyone has a story to tell.
These stories may be used as source material for the monthly StoryTown Radio Show or for the annual community play. To schedule a time during Listening Day, call the McKinney Center at 423-753-0562 to reserve a thirty-minute time slot, you can also call the Senior Center at 423-753-4781 or stop by there in person. Groups and families are also welcome to come and share stories together. If you’re not available that day but would like to share a story, please contact the McKinney Center directly.
Listening Day will be held at the Senior Center, located at 307 East Main Street in Jonesborough.
The StoryTown Radio Show is a live performance presented as an old-time radio show. It features true stories from the area plus a local music guest. The live production is recorded and aired on the last Wednesday of the month at 8PM on local NPR station WETS 89.5 FM. The productions are then made available on the StoryTown podcast, available at Apple Podcast, iHeart, Spotify, and other podcast platforms, and also available to listen to on desktop at www.storytown.simplecast.com
This one-hour program is a celebration of the people, culture, and heritage of the East Tennessee region, and is created from the stories of ordinary people who live here. All stories will be archived and transcribed for future programs, and future generations.