Calendar of Events

45-minute informative, entertaining presentations by all-stars of the UT Knoxville College of Arts & Sciences faculty. All ‘Stars': UT Actors Seek Fame and Fortune on Stage and Screen with Jed Diamond Associate Professor and Head of Acting
Department of Theatre. At the UC Ballroom, Room 213. Visit www.artsci.utk.edu/outreach/Pre_Game.asp or call 865-974-5332.

Greenways are connecting our neighborhoods and communities. Knoxville/Knox County has more miles of paved greenways than any other urban area in the state. This workshop will introduce you to our greenway system, provide maps and allow you to experience the greenway that passes through Ijams Nature Center firsthand. This program is free! To register, call 577-4717 ext. 10. www.ijams.org

Interested in the links between art, science, and technology through the ages, New York artist Devorah Sperber deconstructs familiar images to address the way the brain processes visual information versus the way we think we see. "As a visual artist," she says, "I cannot think of a topic more stimulating and yet so basic than the act of seeing—how the human brain makes sense of the visual world." Using ordinary spools of thread, Sperber creates pixilated, inverted images of masterpieces, which appear as colorful abstractions to the naked eye. When viewed with optical devices, however, the works becomes immediately recognizable as the famous paintings. The thread spools works are hung upside down in reference to the fact that the lens of the eye projects an inverted image of the world onto the retina, which is corrected by the brain. A clear acrylic sphere, positioned in front of each work, functions like the human eye and brain, not only inverting but also focusing the image so that it appears as a sharp, faithful, right-side-up reproduction of the famous painting. 1050 World's Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday 1pm-5pm. FREE admission. For more information: (865) 525-6101, www.knoxart.org

Don't Get Blood on the Popcorn (Rating PG-13). These interactive performances are designed and performed to involve the audience. Actors mingle and interact with the audience. Then, the audience is called to search for clues and interrogate the suspects. And since murder can really take it out of a person, our evenings include a delicious dessert bar as well. Shows at Holy Joe, 426 N. Roane Street, Harriman. Friday, October 30, at 8:00pm and Saturday, October 31, at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 per person and include show and dessert bar. Reservations recommended as seating is limited. Call the Creative Arts Co-op at 865-765-1129 or visit http://creativeartsco-op.com.

Opening night, October 30

1714 Andy Holt Avenue on the UT Campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.org

By Mike Farley
865-932-6738 or www.lovemywillie.org

The Roane State Concert Choir, Celebration Singers and Jazz Band
perform an evening of selections from Hollywood's best movie music
in Cinemagic!, a choral revue by Mac Huff. They are joined by dancers from the Arts in Motion Dance Studios to create a program that has something for everyone. Come see and hear some of your
film favorites from "That's Entertainment" to "Footloose" transition
from the silver screen to the live stage! Donations will primarily benefit the Concert Choir spring tour to Carnegie Hall in New York City. Suggested donation of $10 per person. Thursday & Friday, October 29 & 30 at 7 pm, and Saturday, October 31 at 3 pm, Roane State Theatre, Harriman. All performances subject to change. Check website periodically for updated information. Information: 865-882-4567, www.roanestate.edu keyword: theatre

Recent photographs by Lui Ho-Jang. Opening reception & Meet the Artist, Friday October 23, 6-9pm. Consisting of large digital photographs, this exhibition of recent work by Liu Ho-Jang offers the Knoxville community the unique opportunity to experience the art of one of Taiwan's leading contemporary artists. Liu Ho-Jang has an extensive international exhibition record. His visit to Knoxville is sponsored by the UT School of Art. 106 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wed-Fri 11-6, Sat 10-3. Free Parking in the Jackson Ave Lot. Information: 865-673-0802 or www.ewing-gallery.org/New_Downtown/Index/DT_Index.html#

A series of weekend multimedia events centered on the life and career of writer James Agee sponsored by the University of Tennessee and others.
October 23-25: The James Agee Film Festival. Films, lectures, readings, exhibits. November 1: An Afternoon in Agee Park. Lecture, readings, refreshments. November 6, 14 & 15: James Agee, Walker Evans, and Abraham Lincoln. Lectures, exhibits, reception.
November 20-22: One Last Weekend with Jim. Lectures, music. For more information, visit http://web.utk.edu/~english/news/agee100.html or http://www.knoxlib.org/agee100

Knoxville artist Russell Briscoe's paintings reflect the work of a historian, as well as an artist, and cover some 190 years of the region's past. Subjects include "Clinch and Gay, 1896," "Christmas Morning," "First Train in Knoxville, 1855," and "The 1897 Gay Street Fire." Information: 865-215-8830, www.east-tennessee-history.org

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg will present "Women in Wood," an exhibition to bring light to the exceptional quality of work being created by women artists working in the medium of wood - both woodturning and constructed wood. The public is invited to the opening reception in the main gallery and lecture presented by nationally renowned studio wood sculptor Betty Scarpino on Friday, Oct. 16, at 6:00 pm. The exhibition runs October 16-January 2, 2010. The guest lecturer Betty Scarpino will also be teaching a weekend master class that weekend at the school. She has a background in industrial arts, sculpture, and design, all of which she teaches and writes about. Her work is represented in many public and private collections including The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Mobile Museum of Art. Her work was included in the recent book, New Masters of Woodturning: Expanding the Boundaries of Wood Art. She is currently the editor of American Woodturner, journal of the American Association of Woodturners. For more information: 865-436-5860 or www.arrowmont.org

By John Van Druten. Directed by Zack Allen. Before there was Bewitched, there was the stylish and funny romantic comedy "Bell, Book and Candle". Gillian is a smart, independent and beautiful woman. When she decides to amuse herself by casting a love spell on her handsome young neighbor, her life is turned upside-down. Gillian deals with the hilarious consequences of her new situation with the supernatural assistance of her eccentric aunt and beatnik/warlock brother. Bell, Book and Candle is an enchantingly funny romantic comedy that asks the question, "How much are you willing to change for the one you love?" Showtimes: Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8:00 pm and Sunday @ 3:00 pm. Tickets: Thursday, Sunday $10; Friday, Saturday $15. Located at 319 N. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917.  Information: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com