Concert Honoring Local Blues Legend This Saturday
The Clay County Performing Arts Center will honor local blues legend Bud Garrett Saturday. Garrett was a lifelong citizen of the Free Hill community. Clay County Historian Thomas Watson said Garrett was attracted to playing the guitar. As Garrett grew up, he leaned more into playing the blues. Watson said in 1962, Nashville came calling […]
ClayPAC Showcasing New Performance Center With Event Saturday
The Clay County Performing Arts Center will be hosting its first show Saturday since renovations with an Open Mic Night. Historic Courthouse Curator Thomas Watson said about half of a $85,000 Tennessee Arts Commission grant went toward turning the upstairs of the courthouse into a performance center. New windows, a stage curtain, sound reducing blackout […]
Clay County Courthouse Awarded $85K Grant For Restorations
The Clay County Courthouse received some $85,000 in grant money for continued efforts with its restoration and upgrade project. Curator Thomas Watson said the funding will go towards three main projects: doors, floors, and theatre lights. He said the first project to tackle will be restoring the doors and getting new floors. “And get them […]
Clay Working To Highlight Culture And Heritage Of County
Clay County is working to revamp its Clay County Cultural and Performing Arts Center movement after COVID. Courthouse Curator Thomas Watson said that what started as an Arts Commission grant for a marble museum has turned into a greater project to highlight the culture and heritage of Clay County. “We have thousands and thousands of […]
Clay Working To Expand Impact Of Courthouse Project
Clay County Courthouse Curator Thomas Watson working on another grant for courthouse upgrades. Watson said that the first grant covered $10,000 to kick off the Adopt-A-Window Program. He said that this grant will be used to help continue restoring the 150-year-old courthouse windows. “And this is double the amount we applied for last year,” Watson […]
Clay Co. Receives Grant to Restore Historic Courthouse Windows
Clay County officials will begin restoring the original windows in its 1870s courthouse. Museum Curator Thomas Watson said the $6,000 state grant allows the county to begin work on the project. “Our plan right now is to put storm windows in first,” Watson said. “Then the actual windows can be removed through the inside, and […]
