Calendar of Events

November 18, 2011 (Knoxville, TN) ? The Knoxville Museum of Art Education Gallery features Ritta Elementary School through January 29, 2012.

Students in grades K-5 from the East Tennessee region, under instruction of their art teachers, created artworks around different themes, personal expressions and classroom lessons. The students at Ritta Elementary studied Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portraits with Crazy Hair, and Color Wheels.

The KMA recognizes the creative efforts of these talented young students, and the invaluable opportunities made possible for them by their dedicated teachers, Bobby Mooring and Lori Sloan.

KMA's Education Gallery promotes the fundamental importance of the arts in the school curricula, and the essential component to the healthy development and complete education of young people.

The museum is located in downtown Knoxville at 1050 World?s Fair Park and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday 10 am?5 pm, and Sunday 1 pm-5 pm. Admission and parking are free.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

This event showcases the high-quality, handmade crafts of over 140 juried Guild members and several invited guest artists. Featured at the show are various craft demonstrations and a hands-on Kids' Craft Booth.

Please join us for a unique shopping experience in the historic Jacob Building! If you like to purchase gifts made in Tennessee or enjoy using or displaying fine craft items in your home, then this is the show for you. Pottery, woodwork, fiber arts, jewelry, printmaking, sculpture, and more - there is something for everyone. All of our exhibitors have had their work approved through a rigorous standards jury process and are present at the show to talk to customers.

Admission: $6 adults · $5 students and seniors-- children 6 and under free

Foothills Craft Guild: 865-470-0669, www.foothillscraftguild.org

Over 150 juried members of the Foothills Craft Guild and several guest artists will be exhibiting and selling the finest traditional and contemporary crafts, all handmade in the region. Please join us for a unique shopping experience at the historic Jacob Building and support our fine craft artists!
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Fri. and Sat., Nov. 18, 19, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sun., Nov. 20.
$6 adults, $5 students and seniors. Children 6 and under free.
Jacob Building, Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, TN.

World Wide Celebration of Storytelling!
November 18, 7-9 PM, Tellabration! at Riverside Business & Events Center, $5 admission. Family entertainment. EmCee: Jeanette Stevens, Tellers: Lovella Richardson, Rick Elliott, Susan Fulbright, Janice Brooks-Headrick, Kathleen Mavournin. Riverside is between Maryville and Knoxville, 3769 Old Knoxville Hwy. (Old Maryville Pike or Hwy. 33), Rockford, TN 37853 Contact: Caryn, 865-970-3000 or RiversideTN@gmail.com FaceBook SEE ATTACHED POSTER!

November 19, 11:00 am, Tellabration! at Blount County Library. Free admission. Stories for elementary aged children. Storytellers: Millie Sieber, Janice Brooks-Headrick, Carol Bell, Lovella Richardson. Library: 508 N. Cusick St., Maryville, TN. 865-982-0981. http://www.blountlibrary.org/.
November 19, 2:30 pm, Tellabration! at Knox County, Burlington Branch Library. Free admission. Stories for elementary aged children. Knoxville. Storytellers: Millie Sieber, Jim Gass, Carol Bell, Janice Brooks-Headrick. For info: millietales@yahoo.com Library: 4512 Asheville Hwy., Knoxville, TN http://knoxrooms.sirsi.net/rooms/portal/page/Sirsi_HOME

Websites: http://www.smokymountaintellers.org/ - ABOUT TELLABRATION! 2011 www.tellabration.org/founder.html
Janice Brooks-Headrick - 865-429-1783

Until a couple of years ago, Dallas Green was better known as the dulcet voice of Alexisonfire. During some time off between tours, Green assembled a collection of songs he had been writing over the years. Fans promptly began passing the material among themselves and in 2005, Alexisonfire’s sophomore album went Platinum, and Green quietly debuted his full-length album titled Sometimes under the solo moniker, City and Colour.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

The UTK Creative Writing Program, Writers in the Library, Ready for the World, and the Haines-Morris Foundation invite you to our 2011-2012 Series of Readings and Performances, Free and Open to the Public. All events will take place at 7:00 PM in the Hodges Library Auditorium on the UT campus (unless otherwise noted).

1210-1211 McClung - Reading and brown bag luncheon
Leanne Tyler writes Southern romances, historical or contemporary. She's a member of Romance Writers of America® and the founding member of Smoky Mountain Romance Writers. Her new novel from The Wild Rose Press is Season of Love. Her other releases include Victory’s Gate (also featured in Through the Garden Gate Anthology) and It’s Always Been You.

Information: http://web.utk.edu/~english/grad/creative/creative.shtml, mkallet@utk.edu

Labron Lazenby & LA3
$8 General Admission
$4 with Membership or student ID
Free for ages 17 and under

An electrifying blues guitarist, Labron Lazenby (whose nickname is “LA”) is unique in that he is also a master of the difficult thumb and finger-picking style made famous by Chet Atkins. Lazenby is also a soulful, evocative singer and prolific songwriter, and he has long been recognized as one of Knoxville’s foremost blues entertainers. He and his band, LA3, featuring bassist Andy Lewis, drummer Kevin Redding, and saxophonist Bob Knapp have represented the Smoky Mountain Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and made it to the finals in 2010.

A new group with familiar faces, the Revelers include founding members of two popular Louisiana bands that have played at the Laurel in the past few years, the Red Stick Ramblers and the Pine Leaf Boys. Band members Blake Miller on accordion and fiddle, Daniel Coolik on fiddle and guitar, Chas Justus on guitar, Glenn Fields on drums, and Eric Frey on bass have joined together on their newest project which combines Cajun, country, blues and zydeco styles into a powerful tonic of roots music straight from southwest Louisiana that's sure to get you moving. As a group they play with empathy and depth that reflect years of making music together.

Friday, November 18, 8 pm at the Laurel Theater
Tickets: $15
(discounts apply to advance purchase, JCA members, students & seniors)
More upcoming shows at the Laurel Theater

Tickets are available through KnoxTix at http://www.ticketbiscuit.com/KnoxAlliance/, (865) 523-7521, at Disc Exchange, and at the door.

The Laurel Theater is located on the corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville near the UT campus.Laurel sketch wm small

Have fun while learning about the magic of the harvest season! We will learn why corn, squash and pumpkins are such good friends in the garden. Come and enjoy a harvest story, a fall craft and a tasty harvest treat. Dress warmly as we plan to spend time outside exploring the fall garden. This program is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and one accompanying adult.

$10/member, $14/nonmember

Preregistration is required for all
classes. Please contact Derrick
Stowell , educational coordinator,
at 974-7151, or email derrick.
stowell@yahoo.com to register.

Time for holiday shopping! Holiday Trunk Show
November 17 - Preview Party 6-8PM - Meet the Artists! Early Sales, Refreshments, Door Prizes; Admission - $5
Other hours admission free: November 18 - Open 10:00 - 5:00 PM and November 19 - Open Noon - 8:00 PM
www.athensartscouncil.org; 423-745-8781

November’s Masterworks concert will open with Enesco’s Rumanian Rhapsody, Op. 11, No. 1 in A Major. Zuill Bailey will then join the orchestra for Dvorak’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. The concert will conclude with Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra.

Performed at the Historic Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information and tickets: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

By Tim Clue and Spike Manton - Leaving Iowa is a hilarious, sentimental comedy about family, family relationships, and family vacations. It is the story of a writer who returns home and decides to finally take his father’s ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma’s house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don’s memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. This play is a postcard to anyone who recognizes that we are given an earthly family to teach us that a perfect father/son relationship may never occur this side of Heaven, but these “ties that bind” do give us a glimpse of our Heavenly Father’s love. As Mom says, “Follow your father, sweetheart.”
NOVEMBER 12, 17, 18, 25, 26 @ 7:30 pm
NOVEMBER 13 & 20 @ 2:30 pm

The WordPlayers performances are held at The WordPlayers' Theatre at MCM, 1540 Robinson Rd. at Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923. Information: 865-539-2490, www.wordplayers.org