Secret City Sounds begins Friday with The Breakfast Club

May 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club

The 2013 Secret City Sounds concert series starts Friday with The Breakfast Club.

Friday’s free concert starts at 7 p.m. at the pavilion at A.K. Bissell Park.

The Breakfast Club was formed in 1993, and it is a 1980s tribute band. A press release said the group, a longtime local favorite, has shared the stage with numerous music legends, including Whitesnake, The Romantics, Poison, Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, Hootie and The Blowfish, White Lion, The Smithereens, and Edwin McCain. [Read more...]

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Earth Day festival to feature dog jumping competition, kids’ activities, recycling, exhibitors

April 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Dock Dogs at Earth Day Oak Ridge

Alex, a Weimaraner skilled at long distance jumping and speed retrieval, catches a football during a DockDogs competition in Oak Ridge during the 2012 Earth Day Festival.

The Sixth Annual Earth Day Festival in Oak Ridge this weekend will feature a jumping competition for dogs, a kids’ race and bicycle rodeo, and shoe collection and recycling drives.

It will also feature more than 60 exhibitors and live music. It’s scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Civic Center.

The popular dog jumping competition debuted in Oak Ridge last year. It’s the Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs “Spare the Big Air Challenge,” and it features a 26,000-gallon swimming pool and four events: Big Air, Extreme Vertical, Speed Retrieve, and Iron Dog. It starts at 4 p.m. Friday at A.K. Bissell Park and ends at 5 p.m. Sunday. [Read more...]

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Second annual Parkinson’s Walk in Oak Ridge on April 13

March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Parkinson's Walk

Parkinson’s Walk 2012
(Submitted photo)

On Saturday, April 13, the Parkinson’s Disease Support Group of East Tennessee, PK Hope Is Alive, will host its second annual walk at at A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge. The local walk will be in conjunction with the 19th annual Parkinson’s Unity Walk in New York City.

Registration starts at 9 a.m., and the walk, which will help raise funds for Parkinson’s Disease research, will take place between 10 a.m. and noon. Last year, PK Hope Is Alive raised more than $17,000 and was the No. 8 fundraising organization in the country. [Read more...]

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City egg hunt March 23, volunteers needed

March 5, 2013 By 5 Comments

The Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department will host the 2013 Egg Hunt later this month.

Hundreds of children are expected to participate in this annual spring event, a city press release said. It starts at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at A.K. Bissell Park.

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Secret City Festival applications now available online

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
World War II Re-enactment

The Secret City Festival in Oak Ridge includes one of the largest World War II re-enactments in the South.

Preparations for the 11th Annual Secret City Festival are under way, and applications are now available online.

Vendors and exhibitors can visit www.SecretCityFestival.com and download an application to become involved in this year’s event, which will take place June 21-22 at A.K. Bissell Park.

Applications are available for arts and crafts, exhibitors, and food vendors.

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Oak Ridge, Woman’s Club light Christmas tree

December 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Oak Ridge Christmas Tree Lighting

The Oak Ridge Woman’s Club and the Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department had the annual Christmas tree lighting at A.K. Bissell Park on Friday night.

Several hundred people attended the annual Christmas tree lighting and concert at A.K. Bissell Park and Civic Center on Friday night.

It was sponsored by the Oak Ridge Woman’s Club and the Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department.

Entertainment after the tree lighting included music by the Jefferson Middle School Orchestra, a Linden Elementary School chorus, and the Oak Ridge Community Band.

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Children’s Halloween Party tonight at A.K. Bissell Park

October 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Children’s Halloween Party is this evening at A.K. Bissell Park.

The party starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. It includes carnival games, a giant inflatable caterpillar crawl, a game room for toddlers, Halloween cartoon videos, a glow room, and a craft room, a press release said, and the ever-popular Scary Room will return with a pirate theme.

A hayride is planned, weather permitting, the press release said.

Tickets will be sold at the door for 25 cents each, and most of the activities cost one or two tickets. The craft room, cartoon videos, and toddler area are free.

Concessions and souvenirs will also be available for sale in the Glow Room.

Volunteers are still needed. Call the Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department at the Civic Center at (865) 425-3450 if you would like to volunteer to help.

A.K. Bissell Park is at 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

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Pet Ownership Festival on Saturday at A.K. Bissell Park

October 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The 3rd Annual Responsible Pet Ownership Festival will be at A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The festival will feature animal rescue groups, local dog organizations and agility, rally, and obedience demonstrations.

Send an e-mail OakRidgeAKCRDO@gmail.com for more information or if you are interested in participating.

Information is also available at https://sites.google.com/site/oakridgerdo/activities and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Responsible-Pet-Ownership-Day/131046483577199

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Oak Ridge Community Band plays free Labor Day concert

August 19, 2012 By 2 Comments

The Oak Ridge Community Band will play a free Labor Day concert at A.K. Bissell Park.

The show will feature Louis Armstrong tunes, American river songs, several march pieces, a polka, and a unique “Looney Tunes” adaptation of some famous classical songs.

The show, which starts at 7 p.m., is the last summer concert for 2012, a press release said.

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Teen Battle of the Bands in Oak Ridge on Saturday

July 24, 2012 By 10 Comments
Battle of the Teen Bands

Musicians compete at a Battle of the Teen Bands in April.

A Teen Battle of the Bands will be held at the A.K. Bissell Park Pavilion at 6 p.m. Saturday.

If it rains, the battle will be moved to The Grove Theater.

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Oak Ridge Community Band concert on August 5

July 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Community Band is having a free summer concert on August 5 at 7 p.m. at A.K. Bissell Park.

Lawn chairs or blankets are recommended for this outdoor concert. Razzleberry’s Ice Cream Lab will be there for refreshments.

For more information, call (865) 482-3568.

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Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge in World Bell Festival on Saturday

July 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
International Friendship Bell

The International Friendship Bell at A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge will represent North America during the World Bell Festival in Apolda, Germany, on Saturday.

The International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge will represent North America during the World Bell Festival in Apolda, Germany, on Saturday.

Organizers will use the Internet to connect to the festival and televise the ringing of the Friendship Bell as well as a short ceremony with Oak Ridge community leaders. That live broadcast on the Web is scheduled to take place from about 3:53 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. Saturday at A.K. Bissell Park.

Other international bell ringing ceremonies will be held throughout the day and broadcast live from Pollard Auditorium, according to a press release from the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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