Calendar of Events

Kuumba Watoto Urban Youth Institute and African American Appalachian Arts, Incorporated will be launching West African Dance Classes for the entire family and the “Dancer in You”. Fall Quarter 2010 will include a six (6) week session for six consecutive Saturdays, beginning Saturday, September 11th thru Saturday, October 16th 2010. The second 6 weeks will begin October 23rd thru December 11th, 2010. Gain a Session Pass for thirty ($30) dollars. Door admission is $5. Children’s class 11:00am-11:45am & Adult class 12:00-12:45am. Classes will be held at YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center at 124 S. Cruze Street in Knoxville, TN. For more information please call: (615) 429-4235 or kuumbawatoto@yahoo.com; www.kumbafestival.com

October 23 & November 6, 2010

RSCC Concert Choir and Chattanooga State Choir combine with local musicians to perform John Rutter’s edition of Gabriel Fauré’s mass for the departed. ($10 suggested donation)

October 23, 7:30 pm (Chattanooga)
November 6, 7 pm at First Baptist Church in Kingston, 215 N. Kentucky Street.

http://www.roanestate.edu/theatre; (865) 354-3000

Information: 888-214-3400, rugbylegacy@highland.net, www.historicrugby.org

The Halloween tradition continues! Wear your best costume and bring theater-approved props to fully experience the fun of this cult film. Doors open at 10 p.m. and the show starts at 11 p.m.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

What makes you say yuuuucccckkkk? Find out more about things that are a little gross in nature. We’re talking slimy! We’re talking smelly! We’re talking icky! It will be a creepy good time! Free to members and $5 for non-members. Please call Sheila at 577-4717 ext. 10 to register.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Visitor Center: Monday: by appointment only for tour groups and school trips; Tuesday-Saturday: 9AM-5PM; Sunday: 1-5PM (March 1 - November 30). For information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Members of Momentum Dance Lab will present a moving painting project where dancers will paint fabric with their improvisational movement. The painted fabrics are based on color palettes designed by fiber artist, Bailey Earith. Videographer, Tin Soldiers Productions, will be on hand to film the performance, with live Viola music by Robyn James. The public is invited to attend this free, community arts event. After this public event, Bailey Earith will manipulate the painted fabrics in her Farragut studio to create a piece of 3-D wall art. Tin Soldiers Productions will document this process and edit the footage from Krutch Park and Bailey Fiber Art Studio into an art film. This project will culminate in a multi-media performance piece at Momentum Dance Lab ’s annual show, “Art Moves” which will be presented at the KMA on March 12th and 13th, 2011.

At the Krutch Park Extension lawn (on Gay street across from the Regal cinema). Momentum Dance Lab: 865-670-2748, www.momentumdancelab.com, momentumdancelab@gmail.com

Are you restoring a historic house, or adding vintage touches to a newer home? Are you looking for a unique architectural piece to display as art or re-purpose for another use? Be sure to check out Knox Heritage's Architectural Salvage inventory. You can give new life to an old item and at the same time help Knox Heritage. Click here to view some of our inventory.

The KH Salvage Room will be open AND the Airplane Filling Station will be selling some items, flea-market-style, out in the parking lot to raise money for their preservation efforts. Come out and support two great non-profits!

Architectural Salvage is any part of a historic structure that has been removed from its original application. Sometimes buildings are being demolished and interior details such as doors, trim, porcelain sinks, decorative windows, light fixtures, hardware, and more can be removed and saved from the landfill. Older commercial buildings that must be brought up to current codes are another source. While it's ideal to keep historic buildings and their finishes intact, unfortunately it doesn't always turn out that way. Architectural salvage is a compromise that preserves historic details and provides additional uses for old materials.

Knox Heritage: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

1711 Dandridge Ave., Knoxville, TN, 37915. Information: 865-522-8661, mabryhazenhouse@gmail.com; www.mabryhazen.com

By Lerner & Lowe. The magic and beauty of the Scottish Highlands form a backdrop for the enchanting story of a magical village that only appears for one day every hundred years.

Crossville, TN. Information: 931-484-5000; www.ccplayhouse.com

October 21, 22 and 28-30 at 7:30 PM
October 24 and 31 at 2:30 PM

Saturday, October 30, 7:30 PM – This performance is part of the Penny Performance program for Knox County students ages 5-18. Visit www.penny4arts.com for more information.

The WordPlayers, Performed at The WordPlayers' Theatre at Middlebrook Christian Ministries, 1540 Robinson Rd. at Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923. For information: 865-539-2490, www.wordplayers.org

Interested in learning what role Jewish community members Sam and Virginia Morrison played in Elvis Presley’s career? (Hint: It happened on Market Square.) Ever wonder what Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” would have been called if one of Knoxville’s Jewish community leaders, Max Friedman, had not spoken up? Curious about what distinguishes the Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge as unique in American history?

The story of Jewish immigration to Tennessee and how those who came here embraced the culture they found is the subject of this touring exhibition from the Tennessee State Museum. It follows the Tennessee Jewish experience from the 1770s, when the first Jews immigrated to upper East Tennessee to escape religious persecution in Europe. The exhibition then guides visitors through more than 200 years of history by way of compelling stories and images that illustrate the development of Jewish communities across the state; in East Tennessee, congregations located in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Chattanooga, and Blountville are featured. The exhibition also explores how Jews were able to preserve their religious and cultural heritage while at the same time embracing and supporting the culture found in Tennessee.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM; Saturday: 10AM-4PM; Sunday: 1-5PM. For information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Encore from the Gran Teatre del Liceu

At Carmike Wynnsong 16 Theatres, 200 North Peters Rd, Knoxville, 37923. Information: 865-691-0948, www.operaincinema.com