Calendar of Events

By Connie Ray & Alan Bailey. Country holiday songs blend with traditional favorites, including handbells and Christmas ornaments. A joyful, funny, touching, and heartwarming show! Playing for the 11th season.

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

By Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick. A romantic musical comedy about anonymous pen pals who are co-workers in a gift shop and unknowingly fall in love.

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

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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

Nations of Unity, a local Native American organization, presents an evening of extraordinary Native American entertainment featuring Arvel Bird, an international, multi-award winning violinist/flutist/storyteller.

Arvel Bird lives in Nashville, Tennessee and he is of the Southern Paiute and Métis Nation. He is undoubtedly one of the most sought after, Native American musicians today. Arvel is known for his powerful talent and artistic passion. He is a classically trained violinist who calls on his Native American and Celtic heritage to create performances that delight audiences worldwide.

Nation of Change resides in the East Tennessee area and is of the Navajo and Cherokee Nations. This dance team will share native culture and tradition by demonstrating unique dance styles that explode with brilliance through their dance moves. They have performed with the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra as well as in Europe, Switzerland and the United States. Two high energy drum groups will be joining the presentation and they are not to be missed, Southern Echo from Crossville, Tennessee and Southern Sky from Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. An evening of singing, dancing, drumming, and storytelling. All proceeds go towards the 2011 Nations of Unity Powwow and Indian Festival!

At the Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets and information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com; or 865-656-4444 (tickets)

Old-Time Fiddle

One of the most important figures in the southern mountain fiddle tradition is 88-year-old Clyde Davenport from Fentress County on the Cumberland Plateau. Following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, and three of his brothers, all fiddlers, Davenport began playing before he was ten. His repertory emphasizes the spooky, eccentric solo fiddle tunes played for listening, too crooked to dance to, played in a gliding and graceful style. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Davenport with a National Heritage Award, and in 2007 he received the Tennessee Governor’s Folklife Heritage Award. Bobby Fulcher and Michael DeFosche will accompany Davenport.

In advance: $10 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $11 General Advance • $6 Children 12 and under. Fees apply. $12 General Admission at the door.
Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

4pm Children’s Activities Begin
5:15pm Costume Parade Line-up & Costume Contest Judging
6pm Slightly Scary Stories for the Young (Festival Seating)
7pm Seriously Scary Stories for the BRAVE (Festival Seating)
8pm Event Concludes

You can expect to encounter trick or treating at the historic buildings, face painting, period children’s craft activities, apple bobbing and, of course, storytelling for the young & the young at heart! $5 Adults (16+), $2 Children (4-15), 3 & Under FREE

Marble Springs: 1220 West Gov. John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-573-5508, www.marblesprings.net

Refreshing beverages, food, games & prizes. $10 donation includes tricks and treats!

Candoro Marble Arts & Heritage Center, 681 Maryville Pike, Knoxville, TN. Information: 865-577-0078, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000533057729.

The exhibition includes more than 40 works Bates produced in response to Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it brought to the Gulf Coast. His iconic images capture in dramatic fashion destroyed property and displaced people, as well as the emotional devastation in the wake of this event. Many of the paintings are monumental in scale, including The Storm, a triptych that measures 21 feet in width. In this series, Bates’ paintings affirm both horror and life and serve as powerful reminders of the ability of art to represent the spectrum of human experience.

Bates, a well-known Texas artist who has long chronicled the people and places along the Gulf Coast, is based in Dallas. His work has been presented around the country in solo exhibitions at major galleries and in numerous important group shows.

The Knoxville Museum of Art is the only venue in the eastern United States hosting this exhibition, which is organized by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

A members-only preview party is scheduled for Thursday, October 28 from 5:30 – 7:30pm and will include a gallery talk by the artist.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Friday, 10AM-8PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. For information: 865-934-2036, www.knoxart.org

by Gale Fury Childs; Adapted from The Story of Opal – The Journal of an Understanding Heart by Opal Whiteley. Based on the childhood diary of naturalist Opal Whiteley, the play tells the magical story of a young girl in the Cascade woodlands in early twentieth century Oregon. Surrounded by singing creeks, talking trees, and invisible fairies, Opal’s story charms and educates. Studio Series: Performances will take place in the Lab Theatre. Great for young audiences!

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

28 Oct 2010 at 7:30 pm, 29 Oct 2010 at 8:00PM
30 Oct 2010 at 2:00PM & 8:00PM

Legally Blonde follows sorority star Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde who doesn't take "no" for an answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. After turning Broadway and MTV hot pink, this “Feel-Good Song and Dance Juggernaut” (New York Magazine) is “The Best New Musical Around!” (WOR).

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

Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2 PM

It’s 1961 and all of Maryville, Tennessee is abuzz at it prepares for its annual event, "A Hillbilly Homecoming." You won't want to miss a minute of the parade, the fireworks and, of course, the Miss Belle of the Smokies pageant because all your friends and family will be there! So join us for a toe-tapping, belly-laughing romp as we laugh, love and remember this little slice of Americana in the heart of Blount County. It's a celebration of the times, the event and oh, that hair!

Tickets are $10. Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Figurative Association: The Human Form in Clay will feature nine internationally and nationally known ceramic and mixed media artists from six states who use the figure as the main theme in their sculpture. This event grew out of Arrowmont’s successful Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object national symposia held every four years since 1992. Arrowmont’s rich history as a leader in art and craft education includes hosting international and national media related conferences and symposia over the past 45 years. The artist/presenters include Tom Bartel and Janis Mars Wunderlich from Ohio, Robert Brady, and Arthur Gonzalez from California, Debra Fritts from Georgia, Tip Toland and Beth Cavener Stichter from Washington, Lisa Clague from North Carolina and Anne Drew Potter from Indiana. A series of lectures, panel topic discussions, demonstrations and gallery exhibitions celebrating the human form will make up the three-day symposium. Additionally, each artist/presenter has invited an emerging figurative sculptor of their choice to be represented in the Invited Artists Exhibition, which will be one of the highlights of the event. Limited to 200 attendees, symposia and conferences at Arrowmont offer a more relaxed, intimate and focused setting for engaging dialogue, critical discourse and attendee interaction to occur. Registration: 865-436-5860 x33, www.arrowmontfigure.org.