Calendar of Events

Students will create models of different types of rocks. Using various tools to observe the characteristics of the three major rock types, students will understand the process through which rocks are formed. Enrichment classes for talented and gifted students and designed for home-schooled children ages 7-14. Offering a hands-on learning experience in the area of science, this program consists of three courses that are four weeks in length. Instructor L’jon Papillon has 33 years of teaching experience with degrees in Gifted Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Early Childhood. Class fee is $60, and one student per paying adult will be able to take the class for $0.01.

October 3-24, Wednesdays, 9:00-11:00 AM
Contact: Cathy Maples, 865-523-1401, e-mail
Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, 1127-B Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917
www.cityofknoxville.org/recreation/arts
Advance reservations required? YES; please register two days before sessions begin.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has added a new concert series for the 2012 – 2013 season, “Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends,” featuring recently appointed Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz in performances he has programmed and will lead. Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Remedy Coffee, 125 W. Jackson Ave (Old City) in Knoxville. Concerts will last approximately one hour. Seating is limited. Complimentary coffee and dessert will be served after each concert when ticket holders will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the performers.

Ravel Tzigane
Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 in D Major
Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major
Gabriel Lefkowitz, violin; Kevin Class, piano; Andy Bryenton, cello

For information and tickets: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

October 2-28, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by George Rothery and Kathy Lovelace, both of Knoxville.

Painter George Rothery will be exhibiting a collection of his recent works. A marine artist who concentrates in oils and acrylics, Rothery creates paintings inspired by the South Carolina coast and a nearly lifelong love of the water, sailing and racing. His work can be found in many public and private collections and has been exhibited nationally.

Artist Kathy Lovelace will exhibit a collection of small furniture and home accessory pieces which she has painted to create functional works of art. The Brook, Rainbow and Brown trout found in the streams of the Great Smoky Mountains are the subject matter for her works. Lovelace covers each painting with 10 layers of clear protective acrylic to make them completely functional and durable.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for October 5th from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.

Member owned and operated by over 60 regional artists, Art Market Gallery is located a 422 South Gay Street in Knoxville next to the Downtown Grill & Brewery. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm and Sunday 1-5 pm. For more information, call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net or join us on facebook: facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery

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

Monday 10/8
Uncle Jeff Hauan

Tuesday 10/9
Kalispell
Jack Williams

Wednesday 10/10
Niall Toner
Della Mae

Thursday 10/11
The Johnny Possum Band

Friday 10/12
Underhill Rose
Angela Easterling

Saturday 10/13
Swamp Cabbage
Mike Wootan

12:00 Noon, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 South Gay Street, Knoxville, 37902
www.wdvx.com/events

The worldwide party musical ROCK OF AGES features a mix of 28 rockin' '80s tunes including DON'T STOP BELIEVIN', WE BUILT THIS CITY, and I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS. In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA's most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the '80s. It’s five time 2009 Tony® nominee ROCK OF AGES, an arena-rock love story told through the mind blowing, face-melting hits of JOURNEY, POISON, and many more. Don’t miss this awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on!

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

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

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