Calendar of Events

The Fort will be closed from Monday October 1 thru Wednesday October 3 for the replacement of our Heating and Air Systems. We will reopen to regular schedule on Thursday October 4. Please advise any visitors of the announcement, especially those using the Historic Homes Passes.
Thank you for your patience with us
Robert McGinnis
James White's Fort

The guest performers for the James A. Dick Mighty Musical Monday Program will be K-Town Sound Show Chorus. In addition to the performers, Bill Snyder and Freddie Brabson will play selections on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. Guest MC for the program will be Kelly Vasconcelos. A boxed lunch may be purchased in the lobby for $5.00 (while supplies last). In addition, several snacks may be purchased at the concession stand such as soft drinks, bottled water, popcorn, candy. There is no charge for the program.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com.

October 1: Kevin Gordon + Kelley McRae

Louisiana-born and Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon released Gloryland in February 2012, and within just a few weeks, his fifth disc had received rave reviews in Rolling Stone, USA Today and The New York Times. Gordon is a poet (the kind with a masters degree from the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop) and a bluesman whose plain, bayou-accented voice imparts stories of regular folks. Like the black band director and young white trumpet player who encounter the Klan in “Colfax,” the disc’s 10-minute stand-out track.

A quote from Kelley McRae’s press kit might be the best in any musician’s portfolio: “The last songs that made me cry were by a young New York singer, Kelley McRae.” That’s what filmmaker Wim Wenders wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle three years ago, and since then the singer-songwriter has uprooted from the city, traveled the country in a van and spent nine months in Knoxville recording her third album, “Brighter Than the Blues,” in a stone house McRae and her husband/guitarist Matt called “The Castle.” The disc showcases her richly angelic voice in songs reminiscent of Patty Griffin. Look for it at your neighborhood record store (and digital locales) on September 15.

Tennessee Shines happens every Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Knoxville Visitor Center and is broadcast live on award-winning, listener-supported radio station WDVX FM and WDVX.com.

Tickets are $10, available in advance at BrownPaperTickets.com. Remaining tickets are sold at the door on the night of the show, while supplies last. Doors of the visitor center open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins promptly at 7 p.m.

Children 14 and under accompanied by a parent are admitted free of charge.
For additional information, visit TennesseeShines.com.

International country star - Inducted into the Songwriter Hall of Fame between Willie Nelson and Guy Clark in 2003, Rodney Crowell has written songs for Emmylou Harris and Bob Seger. He has also collaborated with Johnny Cash, produced breakthrough albums for other artists, and charted five of his own number one hits on the Billboard charts. His latest album, Kin, a collaboration with best-selling poet and writer Mary Karr, features some of the best-known names in the music industry.

Part of the 2012-2013 Performance Series at Hiwassee College in Madisonville. Season tickets are available at all Citizens National Banks in Monroe County; online at www.monroearts.com; or call 423-442-3210.

From September 30 - October 28, 2012, thirty-six one week and weekend classes will be offered in baskets, brooms, clay, drawing, enamels, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, painting, photography, printmaking, special topics, and wood.

Call 865 436 5860 or go to www.arrowmont.org for full course descriptions, fees, and registration options.

A traveling exhibition to discover the science of dinosaurs and their ecosystems as you walk in their footsteps, hunt, eat, hide and survive by using computer simulation and interactive exhibits. AMSE Second Level.

American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

We have decided to work on a new approach to our readings of Shakespeare’s plays at the library downtown and we have a new format that I think will be a lot of fun.

We are going to read quarterly rather than monthly, and we are going to look for people to direct each reading. So we’ll ask that they do a cutting and at least some casting ahead of time which we will then fill out with people who come and want to read on the day of. Reading quarterly rather than monthly will mean that directors will have more time to prepare their scripts and put some actors together. So, if you have an interest please contact me so we can set it up.

Our next reading is planned for December and we are looking to do “Twelfth Night” which we know was performed as a Christmas piece by Shakespeare’s company and for which we have a good cut on hand.

If you are interested in Directing please get in touch.
Tom Parkhill tennesseestage@comcast.net

Saturday 9/29
Don de Leaumont

Monday 10/1
Kelli Johnson

Tuesday 10/2
West Side Daredevils
Nancy Beaudette

Wednesday 10/3
Bill Mize
Mountain Laurel
I Draw Slow

Thursday 10/4
Kim and Reggie Harris
Ramsay Midwood

Friday 10/5
Tumbleweed Company
Jordan Hull

Saturday 10/6
The Empty Bottle Stringband

12:00 Noon, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 South Gay Street, 37902

Pellissippi State Community College marks National Hispanic Heritage Month with celebrations on Sept. 20 and Oct. 12 at the Hardin Valley Campus in West Knoxville.

The Sept. 20 presentation features dance groups performing in the Goins Building College Center. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. It includes the following scheduled performances:
5:15-6 p.m.—Knoxville Argentine Tango Society
6:15-7 p.m.—Academy Ballroom Latin Dance Ensemble
7:15-8:15 p.m.—Pablo Garzon and Serenatta, Romantic Latin Ensemble, of Nashville

On Oct. 12, the Core Ensemble performs its chamber music theatre work “Tres Vidas,” 7-8:30 p.m. at the Clayton Performing Arts Center. Chamber music theatre is a format developed by the Core Ensemble that blends theatrical narrative and chamber music performance.

“Tres Vidas” is a celebration of the life, times and work of three significant Latin American women: painter Frida Kahlo of Mexico, peasant activist Ruffina Amaya of El Salvador and poet Alfonsina Storni of Argentina.

This year’s National Hispanic Heritage Month events are sponsored by Pellissippi State’s Access and Diversity Office, Student Life and Recreation, and Liberal Arts Department. The Hardin Valley Campus is located at 10915 Hardin Valley Road. For more information, call (865) 539-7160.

To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action for Pellissippi State, (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

He lived on the roof of a five-story apartment building in Mexico, and his room was so small that it contained little more than a bed, some canvases and his painting tools. It was from there, though, that African-American artist Harold Winslow created more than 1,300 pieces, securing a place in art history as a prolific chronicler of Mexican culture.

A collection of 50 of Winslow’s works will be shown at a special traveling art exhibit hosted by Pellissippi State Community College and the Tennessee Consortium for International Studies. The works have been on tour since August 2011 at selected Kentucky and Tennessee colleges and universities.

Slated for display at Pellissippi State Sept. 19-Oct. 3, “Una Visión de la Mexicanidad”—“Mexicanidad” refers to the Mexican national identity and culture—offers a record of one artist’s experience in two cultures. Winslow, who was born in 1918 in Dayton, Ohio, moved to Mexico in 1940 in the hopes of escaping racism. He remained there until his death in 2001, at the age of 83.

At the Bagwell Center Gallery. Hours: M-F 9-4. Hardin Valley Campus (10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37933). Contact: 865-694-6400, www.pstcc.edu

This is an exhibition by hispanic artists that live and work in the United States, particularly in the southeast region and the Knoxville area.

This exhibition shows the diversity of the mediums and styles that these contemporary artists produce in their creative practices while questioning what it means to be a contemporary hispanic artist in the United 'States.

Knoxville Museum of Art. Sept. 18-October 18, 2012. Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00AM-5:00PM, Sunday 1:00-5:00PM.

Pencil Pushed: exploring process and boundaries in drawing.
In this exhibition, the word pencil functions simply as a metaphor or symbol for drawing and its activity. The artists selected are known for their drawing or drawing activity as their primary means of expression and have either pushed the material, process, or boundary of conventional drawing. Media included will be video, sculpture, animation, installation, and of course, works on paper. This exhibition is neither a survey nor the definitive grouping of mark-making artists. It is more a conversation about artists who have and continue to explore these regions in drawing. The diversity of the exhibition will favor mid-career artists, but will range from emerging to late.

EXHIBITION DATES
Ewing Gallery: September 17 - October 28, 2012
UT Downtown Gallery: September 19 - October 27, 2012

RECEPTION--September 27, 2012, Ewing Gallery immediately following the lecture
October 5, 2011, UT Downtown Gallery, 5-9pm

LECTURE--September 27, 2012, 7:30pm, room 109 A+A Building
Panel Discussion--September 28, 2012, 12:15pm room 109 A+A Building

GALLERY HOURS
M: 10am - 8pm, T-W: 10am - 5pm, TR: 10am - 5pm and 6:30 - 8:30pm, Sun 1-4PM