Calendar of Events

Frank H. McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Arts In The Park
“Art In The Heart of Hamblen County”
Celebrating Visual & Performing Arts
Saturday, September 15, 2012
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Park
350 West Ninth North Street, Morristown

ARTS IN THE PARK, Saturday, September 15
Arts In The Park, “Art In The Heart of Hamblen County,” a visual and performing arts event, will be celebrated on Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10 a.m. until 4p.m., at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Park, located at 350 West Ninth North Street, Morristown, Tennessee.

Arts In The Park, “Art In The Heart of Hamblen County,” is a one-day celebration of visual and performing arts—two-dimensional fine art, artistic photography, and sculpture, theater, music, and dance. Arts In the Park is an event for Morristown Art Association Member artists and local visual artists to showcase, display, sell, and demonstrate their art and talents. Dick Ensing, a French impressionist artist and owner of the Dutchman’s Loft Studio in Pigeon Forge, is the featured Guest Artist. Local theatre, music, and dance groups perform on two stages and throughout the park. Fine art, exciting live performances, roving musicians, great food and refreshments, demonstrations, “Try Your Hand At Art,” an art walk, sidewalk chalk art, and hands-on children’s art activities will add to the festival’s appeal. A Dick Ensing painting is the Art Walk door prize. Admission is FREE. This Sixth Annual Arts In The Park is an event of the Morristown Art Association, Morristown Parks and Recreation, and Rose Center Council for the Arts.

Bryan Charles, author of the memoir, “There’s A Road to Everywhere Except Where You Came From” (Grove Press, 2010), will lead a writing workshop, sponsored by the Knoxville Writers’ Guild, aimed at helping attendees share their personal story.

“I'm going to be talking about memoir, and specifically about my experience turning a draft of a barely veiled autobiographical novel into a work of total nonfiction,” Charles said of the workshop, which will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Stone House, Church of the Savior, 934 North Weisgarber Road.

Charles knows a thing or two about the differences between writing fiction and memoir. His first book length publication was a work of fiction, titled, “Grab on to Me Tightly as if I Knew the Way” (Harper Perennial, 2006). He’s also written a second nonfiction book, titled “Pavement’s Wowee Zowee,” published by Continuum in 2010, about the band and the recording of its third studio album.

Cost for the workshop is $25 for KWG members and $30 for nonmembers. To register, go to www.knoxvillewritersguild.org or send your check to KWG Workshops, P.O. Box 10326, Knoxville TN 37939-0326.

Reception: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Open Monday - Saturday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Sandra J. Blain Gallery
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Renowned musician/recording artist, dj, Master percussion and folk-dance instructor Karim Nagi will be in Knoxville September 14th - 16th performing and teaching.

Karim is the headline performer on Friday, September 14th at Relix Variety Theatre 1208 North Central, Knoxville, TN. The show will feature the very best of local and regional artists specializing in dances of the Middle East. Tickets are available at the Holy Land Market, or by calling 865-660-8773.

Karim promotes the study of Arab dance in the USA as the director of the Arab Dance Seminar. A native Egyptian drummer, he has released four internationally distributed CDs of this unique brand of Arab House/Electronica (using acoustic instruments) and has authored instructional DVDs for the Tabla/Doumbek, Riqq tambourine, Maqam & Taqsim, Drum Solo for Dance and Arab Folk Dance.

Karim will be teaching on Saturday and Sunday at the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 706 N. Broadway Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Two-hour workshop sessions planned include: Oum Kalsoum Intros, Arab Folk Dances, Cymbal Song (Finger Cymbal technique) Drummer-Dancer Communication, and Arabic Drum Rhythms (Masmudi, Malfuf, Maghrebi). Pricing, session descriptions and registration information are available on Facebook at Karim Nagi Knoxville Weekend, or www.bellabelly.net,">http://www.facebook.com/l/yAQFN5SUZAQH2p3xYuolbData0HGEB7y-NFjsTG9rrw2Umw/www.bellabelly.net, or by texting or calling 865-660-8773.

State Street Strums
September 14-16!

Featured acts include:
Robert Earl Keen
The Sam Bush Band
Billy Joe Shaver
City and Colour
...and over 100 more acts on multiple stages.

For full lineup, tickets purchase and lodging information, visit online at
www.bristolrhythm.com
.

Mark on your calendar the dates of September 14 and 15 (9 am - 3 pm) for the Plateau Arts Festival located at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine) in Fairfield Glade.

Enjoy the fine art displays of Tennessee’s artists…..paintings galore, photography, pottery, jewelry, homemade bread and scrumptious bakery made by Cumberland County’s chefs and bakers in residence.

Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy music by Gene Brown and the Cumberland Mountain Boys. A silent auction, art demonstrations, and book signing authors will round out your experience. Lunch will be served in the PCAC.

Those of you, who are fine art artists and would like to display your creations, outside rental spaces are available at $70 for a 10 X 10 space. Spaces are, also, for rent inside the Multi-Purpose Building at $80 for a 10 X 10 space. Both days are included in the rental cost.

For a space rental application and additional information, contact Judy Kahoun at
931-707-7104. The Art Guild at Fairfield Glade is a not-for-profit 501 ©(3) organization and an equal opportunity provider. Website: www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

“Days of the Pioneers,” a premier antique show and sale, will make its debut this fall at
the Museum of Appalachia, a Smithsonian affiliate.
With the 65-acre Museum of Appalachia as a backdrop, attendees
can experience the Museum which houses thousands of early American artifacts in their natural setting, and then have the opportunity to purchase similar items from scores of outstanding dealers who will be here from across the country.

The show is set for September 14th and 15th and will feature the finest selection of 18th and 19th century American antiques from 60 of the nation’s premium dealers.
During the show traditional craftsmen will be on the grounds demonstrating their various and centuries-old talents. The venue will also provide mountain music in different locations on the grounds while other areas will highlight Civil War-era soldiers and civilians in their period dress.

Discounted tickets are available through August 17th. They may be purchased at the Museum or online at www.museumofappalachia.org. Tickets will also be available at the gate both days of the show.
Admission includes a tour of the extensive farm, village, and exhibit buildings which are surrounded by split rail fences and filled with thousands of authentic Appalachian artifacts.
The Museum also offers a large gift shop with hand-made items from regional artisans. A small cafe provides “home-cooked” meals, featuring fresh-from-our-garden vegetables, and delicious home-made desserts prepared daily.

The Museum is situated 16 miles north of Knoxville, one mile east of I-75 at Exit 122. For more information
call (865) 494-7680 or visit the website at www.museumofappalachia.org.

13th annual Dumplin Valley Bluegrass festival in Kodak TN, taking place September 13th - 15th,

Featuring:
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Balsam Range
Junior Sisk
Lonesome River Band
Monroeville
Jimbo Whaley & Greenbrier
Lou Reid & Carolina
..and many more.

For complete line up, camping, and ticket information, the number is 865-397-7942, or online at www.dumplinvalleybluegrass.com.

Tuesday 9/11
Phil Lee
Lachlan Bryan

Wednesday 9/12
Jessica Campbell and Heather Morgan
Old North State

Thursday 9/
MilkDrive
As Girls Go

Friday 9/14
Jackstraw
Redeye

Saturday 9/15
The Fustics
Old Rusty Mandolin

Monday 9/17
Gail Wade
The Wrong-Omar

Wednesday 9/19
2/3 Goat
Melody Walker

Thursday 9/20
Steve Gulley & Friends
Carpetbag Theatre

Friday 9/21
Granville Automatic
Erisa Rei

Saturday 9/22
LaTresa
Kirsten Thein &
Galia Arad

12:00 Noon. Knoxville Visitors Center, 301 So. Gay St., Knoxville.
www.wdvx.com

Historic Crescent Bend House & Gardens will be closed for maintenance and repairs from September 9th thru September 18th.

We will resume normal tour operation on September 19th on the following schedule:
Wednesday thru Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm and Saturday 10:00am-1:00pm.

For more information on Crescent Bend you may call 865-637-3163.

Join us for entertaining, informative 45 minute presentations featuring all-stars of the academic gridiron.

September 8--Georgia State.
“Supreme Synergy on Stage: Presenting Sweeney Todd”
Cal MacLean, Professor and Head, Department of Theatre, and Producing Artistic
Director of the Clarence Brown Theatre.
(A collaboration with Clarence Brown Theatre and Knoxville Symphony Orchestra; co-presented by Lucas Richman, music director, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

September 15--Florida
“Exploring Asteroids with the Dawn Spacecraft”
Hap McSween, Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

September 22--Akron
“The Politics of Income Inequality in the United States”
Nathan Kelly, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

October 20--Alabama
“The Tales Bones Tell”
Dawnie Steadman, Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Director of the
Forensic Anthropology Center.

November 3, Homecoming--Troy
“The Authority of Citizens: Its Nature and Limits”
David Reidy, Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy.

November 10--Missouri
“Protecting Our Water Resources: A Microbiologist’s Perspective”
Steven Wilhelm, Professor, Department of Microbiology.

November 24--Kentucky
“Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse”
Jay Rubenstein, Professor, Department of History.

2 hours before kickoff in the University Center Ballroom (Room 213).
Free and open to the public.
Reception for our guests following the program.

The Pregame Showcase is sponsored by the UT Knoxville College of Arts & Sciences with support from the UT Knoxville Office of Alumni Affairs, WUOT 91.9 FM, and UT Athletics.
For more information, call 865-974-5332 or visit pregameshowcase.utk.edu