Calendar of Events

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman; Music and Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin; at the Carousel Theatre. This Tony Award winning musical comedy that's a hit with critics and audiences alike! Six lovable nerds, in the throes of puberty, battle for a spelling championship that is a perfect evening of musical F-U-N. Who knows? YOU may find yourself Season Ticketson stage!

Clarence Brown Theatre 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee plays October 27 through November 13 in the Carousel Theatre. This delightful new musical is a real time event where ten finalists compete for the chance to go to the national spelling bee in Washington DC. Through the course of the bee we get up close and personal with all the contestants and learn of their dreams and challenges. As participants gradually are eliminated we see the trials and tribulations of adolescence in high comic relief.

The Tony award winning musical was based upon C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original improvisational play created by Rebecca Feldman and performed by The Farm, a New York-based improvisational comedy troupe. It opened on Broadway in 2005 and ran until January 2008. The musical is now produced in theatres across the country to rave reviews!

OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 13 Carousel Theatre.

“A WRINKLE IN TIME” PLAYS THROUGH NOVEMBER 5. CTK will present a special Halloween event: “A Wrinkle In Time,” a time-warping and space-bending play based on the Newberry Award-winning novel by MadelineL‘Engle, on weekends through November 5. Meg Murry has always felt like a misfit, especially since her father disappeared five years ago, while working on a top secret project for NASA. Her only friend is herbrother Charles Wallace, a six-year-old prodigy who hidesa secret of strange psychic powers. In one breath taking week, however, Meg meets three mysterious time-traveling ladies, battles a mysterious force called The Black Thing, travels to another galaxy, battles The Man With Red Eyes, comes face-to-face with a horrible entity called IT, and then meets the cutest and smartest boy ever! “A Wrinkle In Time” is a special family-friendly Halloween event, with just the right mix of creepiness, humor, and thought-provoking entertainment for the Halloween season. THE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE is: Thursday, October 27 at 7 PM, Friday, October 28 at 7 PM, Saturday, October 29 at 1 PM and 5 PM Thursday, November 3 at 7 PM, Friday, November 4 at 7 PM, Saturday, November 5 at 1 PM and 5 PM. Reservations are strongly recommended for all CTK performances. To reserve tickets for the production, e-mail the number of adult and child tickets needed, along with your requested performance date and time, to tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com at any time. Or you may call us at (865) 599-5284 between the hours of10 AM and 5 PM. Tickets are $12 per person. CTK is continuing our special Adult & Child Combination rate for this production: If an adult and a child enter together, these two may be admitted for $10 each.The play is being performed at CTK’s theatre in downtown Knoxville, located at 800 Tyson Street.

The universe is under attack by The Black Thing. Meg's father has been kidnapped and is trapped on the alien planet of Camazotz. A man with red eyes has hypnotized Charles, and he's now under the control of a giant, disembodied brain named IT. A sci-fi classic for Halloween, based on the Newberry-winning novel by Madeline L'Engle.

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

The Knoxville Watercolor Society will have a fall showing of mixed media works by its members at the Cherokee Mills from October 18th to November 29th. Cherokee Mills is located at 2200 Sutherland Ave. Known to Knoxville residents as Cherokee Mills in the early 1900's, the space is now a distinct campus style office complex with a large atrium where the KWS will exhibit its newest works. The building is open from 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. For more information about the show, you may contact Mary Ann Valvoda at 408-0737.

Here they come ----housewives and engineers, secretaries and doctors, principals and plumbers, and oh yes, a few professional artists and art teachers. What do they have in common? Well, they all are exhibiting their fine arts in the Fall Awards Show in the art gallery at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine), Fairfield Glade.

The exhibit is scheduled to open for public viewing on October 15. Awards will be given to the artists by judge, Julie L. Rabun, an Associate Art Professor at Carson Newman College. Rabun will judge the following categories: watercolor, oil, colored drawings (pastel and colored pencil), black and white drawing (pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink), 3-D (pottery, sculpture, and jewelry), mixed media, and photography.

The show is open to anyone who is a member of the Art Guild at Fairfield Glade, however, membership is open to all Plateau artists. This is an interesting group. Many of our most creative and technically professional people retired from their family supporting job (orchid raising - very hard job), began to work daily on their art ability, and are now indistinguishable from the pros.

Our shows are diverse and quite good! So come join in the cultural appreciation of Plateau artists who are members of the Art Guild. You don’t have to be retired to be a member, and entries are open to anyone 16 or over. This is one of the fall art events of Cumberland County…..don’t miss it.

The Art Guild at Fairfield Glade is a not-for-profit ©(3) organization and an equal opportunity provider. Website: www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

Blackberry Farm Gallery at Maryville College presents Inward by Donna Haynes
October 10-31, 2011
Reception for Last Friday Artwalk, October 28, 2011 6-9PM"
The Blackberry Farm Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10AM-6PM

Reception Oct. 7, 6:30-8:30 PM

213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. For information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.org

Fountain City Art Center Annual Membership Show

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Avenue, Knoxville , TN 37918
October 7 - November 4, 2011
Contact Info: 865.357.2787
www.fountaincityartctr.org

129 North Main Street
Greeneville, TN 37743
(423) 787-0195

www.james-ben.com

"LARGER THAN LIFE" Exhibit at NPAC Displays Great Talent and Inspiration

As a prelude to the holiday season, the final 2011 exhibit in the lobby of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center by James-Ben: Studio and Gallery Art Center is set to open Friday, October 7th. "LARGER THAN LIFE" features work from 4 of the Art Center's most gifted artists who are expressing themselves in large format images. Barbara de Saussure, Medha Karandikar, David Daus, and Lorna Paquin have all been represented in previous NPAC exhibits but "LARGER THAN LIFE" brings together some of their more striking works in a group show of larger images. The exhibit is open free to the public and can be viewed during lobby hours at NPAC,10:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday, and during scheduled performances.

For further information about "LARGER THAN LIFE" or the Art at NPAC series, contact James-Ben Stockton at (423) 787-0195.

In observance of the Civil War’s 150th anniversary, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is hosting an exhibition from the Tennessee State Museum, Common People in Uncommon Times: The Civil War in Tennessee. The exhibition focuses on how the war affected the lives of Tennesseans through personal stories of participants whose sagas illustrate a land divided.

The narrative of personal struggle and endurance during the Civil War is presented on 10 graphic panels taken from the State Museum’s collection of photographs and artifacts from the era, as well as from other collections across the state. Each panel portrays a different theme: Confederate leaders, Union leaders, African-Americans, civilian home front, common soldiers, war on the water, reconstruction and commemoration.

Admission to the special exhibition is included in the museum admission price, and free for Heritage Center members. For current hours and admission rates, visit www.gsmheritagecenter.org

At the Palace Theatre, 72 South Main Street in Crossville.

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