Calendar of Events

The Farragut Folklife Museum invites the community to visit “An Old Fashioned Christmas” exhibit. This special holiday exhibit will feature items from the Museum’s collection of artifacts as well as items belonging to Folklife Museum Committee members. Three dollhouses will be on display, including one designed and built in 1929 by local architect Malcolm Rice for his daughter. The Rice doll house was a National Architecture Award recipient in 1930. Originally with electricity, the doll house was enjoyed by three generations of the Rice family. In addition, visitors will see the Colonial doll house, designed in 1970 by an Atlanta architect and built and furnished by Chester and Mattie Dunlap for their daughter. Chester is the brother of the late Bill Dunlap, who served as the Museum’s exhibits designer since its inception as part of the Tennessee Homecoming ‘86 Celebration. The exhibit will also feature an antique baby cradle donated by Museum Committee member Libbie Moulden Haynes. Built in the 1850s, the cradle was made on a Strawberry Plains farm owned by Libbie’s ancestors and passed down for many generations in the Moulden family. Other highlights of the exhibit will include a doll dating back to 1900 and numerous antique games.

Farragut Folklife Museum, 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934. Hours: Monday-Friday, 10AM-4:30 PM. For information: 865-966-7057, www.townoffarragut.org

The Clayton Center for the Arts on the Maryville College campus presents “Distant Conversations: Paintings of Marcia Goldenstein and Tom Riesing”. The exhibition in the Clayton Center’s Blackberry Farm Gallery features paintings by Marcia Goldenstein, a professor at UT’s School of Art, and Tom Reising, chair of the Department of Art at Ball State University. A reception will be held Nov. 22 from 6-8 p.m.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

The Fifth Annual Southern Appalachian International Film Festival is bringing films from around the world to Pellissippi State Community College. The event, which comes to Knoxville following screenings in Kingsport, is free and open to the public. Screenings take place at all four Pellissippi State locations: the Pellissippi Campus, Blount County Campus, Division Street Campus and Magnolia Avenue Campus.

Among this year’s films is “Broken Springs: Shine of the Undead Zombie Bastards.” A locally made production, the film stars regional cast members and was shot in Rogersville and the surrounding area.

“Broken Springs” is one of more than 130 features and short films submitted to the festival from 10 countries. More than 20 new films arrived from China. Short films include documentaries, live action and animation.

Here are a few of the SOAPIFF highlights:
· “Alfred Noyes’ The Highwayman,” the tragic tale of an 18th century outlaw. The film is by Knoxville filmmaker Kent McQuilkin, with lyrics and music by Grammy-nominated Loreena McKennitt.
· “Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau,” a short feature about Henry David Thoreau’s final two days at Walden Pond. The film focuses on his environmental concerns.
· “Perry County,” a short film by Matt Durning and N’Jeri Eaton (www.perrycountyfilm.com). A true story of legacy, waste and environmental justice, the film documents the controversial decision to dump millions of tons of coal ash from the 2008 spill in Kingston into a landfill in a poor, predominantly black county of rural Alabama. One of the film’s central voices, Perry County Herald publisher and co-editor John Allan Clark, has agreed to attend the screening at Pellissippi State. He will talk about the film and the situation in Perry County at a special pre-festival showing. The event is at 5 p.m. Oct. 27 on the Magnolia Avenue Campus, 1601 E. Magnolia Ave. While in Knoxville, Clark also will testify at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing on coal ash regulation. The hearing is at the Marriott Hotel before the screening.

Visit www.pstcc.edu/filmfest/ for schedule and screening locations. Visit www.soapiff.com for additional film information. Or, e-mail Pellissippi State Media Technologies faculty member Michael Tomlinson at mjtomlinson@pstcc.edu. Individuals with a disability who need accommodations should contact Ann Satkowiak, asatkowiak@pstcc.edu or (865) 539-7153.

Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu

Screening of the film Desert Fugue about Bach’s The Art of Fugue, plus organ performances by guest artists Karla Fowkes and Peter Van Eenam and faculty member John Brock. James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
www.music.utk.edu/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

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

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

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

For ages 8 to 13

CTK Instructor Dr. Mary Alford teaches this dynamic class which focuses on improving an actor's ability to communicate through movement and express emotion and action with their body. Students will collaborate and create an original movement piece which will incorporate: brain dance, improvisation technique, anatomy, locomotor and axial movements, different genres of
music, and classical dance steps. Beginners welcome! The instruction fee for the 7.5 hour workshop is $150. Class size is limited to 14 students maximum.

Located at 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com, info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

Celebrating the Human Form. In the Sandra J. Blain Galleries. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 576 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. For information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Inviting women singers, all voice parts, for Christmas performances throughout Knoxville with the Smoky Mountain Harmony Show Chorus.

Weekly rehearsals take place at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 6900 Nubbin Ridge Rd.

Contact Nancy at 865-521-6975, www.smokymtnharmony.org