Calendar of Events

Looking for ways to reduce the amount of chemicals in your home? Then join us for a fun and informative workshop about creating cost-effective alternatives for some of your favorite household cleaners. Free. Educator: Kara Remington. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Even with a chill in the air and frost on the ground, there are many interesting things to find in the park. Every season is a surprise and we'll see what the park has to offer. Free to members, $5 for non-members. Educator: Peg Beute. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Cookies and apple cider will warm the day at the East Tennessee Historical Society's Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 10. Some of the activities include live music, quilting and needlework demonstrations, ornament and craft making for the kids, cookies and hot cider, and stories from Christmases-past. In addition, visitors are invited to browse the Museum Store for a great selection of traditional gifts, history books, and children's items.
Visitors are also invited to tour the new feature exhibition Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, as well as the permanent exhibition Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee.

Saturday, December 10 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free admission to the Museum of East Tennessee History is available through January 13, courtesy of a grant from the Arts and Heritage Fund. The Museum of East Tennessee History is located at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. For more information visit www.eastTNhistory.org or call 865-215-8824.

Saturday, December 10, 2011
With Bear Hands Artwork and Knox Heritage Booth
at The Market Square Holiday Market
Knoxville, TN

21st Annual Christmas Guitar Concert at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts set for December 10!!

A favorite holiday tradition returns to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts on Saturday, December 10 when guitarists Ed Gerhard and Bill Mize join together for their 21st annual Christmas Guitar Concert. The concert will be held in the school’s auditorium at 8 pm and tickets will be sold at the door for $20. The event often sells out, so early arrival is encouraged.

Sevier County native Bill Mize is a Winfield National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion and is featured in projects and guitar compilations worldwide, including Ken Burns’ series, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.”

GRAMMY® Award-winning guitarist Ed Gerhard’s music has touched audiences from Tokyo to Rome and venues across the United States. Performing on 6-string, slide guitar or Acoustic Hawaiian Lap Slide, Gerhard’s virtuosity, generosity and humor shine through.

Gerhard and Mize will join together to perform Christmas favorites, as well as selected solo pieces of their own. Fans of guitar music and Christmas alike won’t want to miss this memorable show. For more information, call (865) 436-5860.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is a nationally renowned arts center that offers an artist in residence program and one week, two week and weekend workshops in ceramics, fiber, metals, glass, painting, mixed media, and woodworking for the beginner to advanced artist. For more information about Arrowmont’s programs, visit www.arrowmont.org or call (865) 436-5860.

We've Decked the Halls!
Please Join Us Saturday, December 10th from 7-9pm for our Holiday Open House.

Deck your Walls with Art from Red Line!

Featuring works by Anthony Granato, Aurora Pope, Bregelle Whitworth Davis, Carles Gomila, Frank Gonzales, Kimberly Iles, Lara Dann, Renee Buchanan, Richard Salcido, Shana Kohnstamm, Stacey Fletcher

Pop on in for a Nip and a Nosh to help us Celebrate the Season!
11519 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37934
865.288.0277
www.redlinegallery.net

Grace Notes Flute Ensemble, with multiple types of instruments and flutists who are professional or semi-professional, will present a holiday concert at the Blount County Public Library on Saturday, December 10, at 2 p.m.
Directed by Dr. Sue Swilley, the ensemble will present a holiday concert, combining classical and traditional music.
Free and open to the public, the program is at the Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville.
For further information about other library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.blountlibrary.org.

On Saturday afternoon, December 10, from 12:30-3:00 p.m., at the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore, TN, you will have the opportunity to meet Bill Landry, host of the “Heartland Series” and author of Appalachian Tales & Heartland Adventures. Bill will be autographing his book and chatting with guests.

There will be hot cider and cookies in the Museum and self-guided tours will be free during that time. Check out our gift shop as well for that one of a kind unique Christmas gifts. We have a great selection of books, cards, pottery, jewelry and other Native American made items.

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum is located at 576 Hwy. 360, Vonore, TN 37885. For more information you can contact the museum at 423-884-6246 or check out our website at www.sequoyahmuseum.org.

The holiday season is once again upon us! We invite you to come CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT at the Candoro Marble Building. This year we will share our passion for Candoro’s marble heritage while enjoying music, wine, punch, appetizers, holiday cookies, and other SEASONAL FESTIVITIES! The marble halls will be decked and the air will be filled with the joyful acoustic sounds of the Old City Buskers.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10, 2011 from 4 to 7 PM
CANDORO ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTER
681 Maryville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37920

Genealogy Workshops
East Tennessee History Center

Intermediate Genealogy with instructor Ann Blomquist, MEd. Advanced techniques in genealogical research, with special attention to primary sources. Limited to 22 participants. Pre-registration is required and began Nov 28. Call 865-215-8809.
East Tennessee History Center
Dec. 10, 1:15-4:15 pm,

Singer-songwriter, harmonica player, pianist and composer Delbert McClinton has been an active sideman since at least 1962 honing his craft with such blues giants as Sonny Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Jimmy Reed. He made his first recordings as a member of the Ron-Dels and was noted for his distinctive harmonica work on Bruce Channel’s 1962 hit "Hey Baby." Recently McClinton released his solo album Acquired Taste. It’s the thirteenth studio album in the career of this Texas roots music legend and Grammy winning artist and the first new recording in more than four years.
Saturday, December 10, 8 p.m.
Bijou Theater

Shakespeare Outloud returns this Saturday, December 10th at the Lawson McGhee Library downtown at 500. W. Church Street. Join us at 2:00 pm to read “Henry VIII” which seems very timely right now with the popularity of “The Tudors” television series.

Bring a copy of the script and participate as a reader or bring a copy of the script and follow along as an audience member. A limited number of scripts will be supplied. We have had a lot of fun with two readings so far, “Two Gentlemen of Verona” in October and a special reading of “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” in our Tennessee Williams weekend in November and we are looking forward to reading “Henry VII” at 2:00 pm this weekend.