Calendar of Events

The Mabry-Hazen House invites you to Miss Evelyn Hazen’s Birthday Celebration on Sunday, October 14th from 2-5pm. Each year we explore another part of Miss Hazen’s family history. This year, author Jack Neely will give a talk on Joseph Mabry, Miss Hazen’s grandfather and builder of the historic home. Afterwards visitors will enjoy a selection of birthday cakes, as well as a guided tour of the museum. Tickets costs are $10 per person with no cost to members. The purchase of a Membership is encouraged. Tickets and Memberships may be purchased in advance by visiting www.mabryhazen.com or calling 865-522-8661. Please RSVP by October 12th.

Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37915. Information: 865-522-8661, www.mabryhazen.com

“An Open House for Special Events”
Come see why Crescent Bend House and Gardens is the ideal location for: Weddings, Receptions, Rehearsal Dinners, Bridesmaid Luncheons, Birthday Parties, Anniversary Parties, Holiday Parties, Teas, Picnics, Business Meetings, Employee Appreciation Events, and Family Reunions. The house and gardens will be set up as though an actual event was taking place. Meet with Knoxville’s premier vendors and begin to plan your next special occasion.

Crescent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-637-3163, www.crescentbend.com

Monthly shape note singing from The New Harp of Columbia at the Laurel Theater in Knoxville. No experience needed and loaner books provided.
Oct. 14, 6:30 -8:00 PM
For more information: Tina Becker, loudsinger@gmail.com

The TCDE is holding their second annual Champagne Brunch at Ye Olde Steakhouse. Enjoy a sumptuous buffet filled with hot and cold dishes, desserts and drinks, all served by the TCDE dancers. Seats are limited, and tickets are $25. Call (865) 584-9636 to purchase.

Nine furnished homes throughout downtown Knoxville will showcase examples of occupied urban living space for the annual City People Home Tour. James White Fort will also be featured as Knoxville's first downtown home. This unique home tour opportunity allows participants to have an exclusive view of the inside of 9, never before featured urban lofts, condos and town homes located in downtown Knoxville. Showcased residences will consist of everything from newly constructed units to carefully restored historical buildings as well as beautifully designed lofts. With homeowners present in their units, visitors will be able to ask questions about downtown living concerning grocery shopping, parking, recreational activities, entertainment, working and more. Chariots of Hire will be running a shuttle covering the tour route. City People’s Downtown Home Tour attracts over 500 visitors a year. After attending these tours, many visitors have started their own urban lifestyles and are now downtown residents. The efforts of City People have helped Knoxville’s center city grow to more than 2,000 inhabitants over the last few years.

Home Tour proceeds are reinvested back into Knoxville’s center city community through grants that fund causes downtown such as Shakespeare on the Square, James White Fort, Market Square Farmers Market, Dogwood Arts Market Art Fair and many more. Advanced tickets sales are only $10 and can be purchased at Bliss Home on Market Square and Kingston Pike or online through October 13 at midnight at www.citypeople.org. Tickets are $15 the day of the tour and will be sold at the East Tennessee Community Design Center, 500 S. Gay Street. For more information please contact Debbie Roberts at (678) 478-7733 or by email at debbieroberts6@gmail.com.

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

Sunday, October 14th, 2012, 1:00pm-4:00pm

You are cordially invited to attend “A Taste of Crescent Bend House & Gardens” an Open House for special events. Built 178 years ago in 1834, historic Crescent Bend house museum and its three acre terraced botanical gardens overlook the Tennessee River and can be used as the backdrop for many special occasions including Holiday Parties, Weddings, Receptions, Rehearsal Dinners, Bridesmaid Luncheons, Birthday Parties, Anniversary Parties, Teas, Picnics, Business Meetings, Client or Employee Appreciation Parties, Family Reunions and much more.

For the Open House the property will be set up as though an actual event was to take place. Local area special event vendors to include Caterers, Photographers, Transportation, Musicians, Entertainers, Bridal Shops, Floral Designs and Rentals will be on hand to assist you as you plan for your special event at Crescent Bend.

Crescent Bend is conveniently located on Kingston Pike (US 11/70) 500 yards west of Alcoa Highway.

For more information, please visit our website www.CrescentBend.com.
To RSVP, please call 865-255-1834 or send an email to info@CrescentBend.com.

Mabry-Hazen House Hosts Evelyn Hazen Celebration

The Mabry-Hazen House invites you to Miss Evelyn Hazen’s Birthday Celebration on Sunday, October 14th from 2-5pm. Each year we explore another part of Miss Hazen’s family history. This year, author Jack Neely will give a talk on Joseph Mabry, Miss Hazen’s grandfather and builder of the historic home. Afterwards visitors will enjoy a selection of birthday cakes, as well as a guided tour of the museum.

Tickets costs are $10 per person with no cost to members. The purchase of a Membership is encouraged. Tickets and Memberships may be purchased in advance by visiting www.mabryhazen.com or calling 865-522-8661. Please RSVP by October 12th.

Local author Jack Neely is the Associate Editor for the Metro Pulse and a monthly humor columnist for Knoxville Magazine. His Metro Pulse column, Secret History, has entertained readers since 1992.

Built in 1858, The Mabry-Hazen House is strategically located on the highest hill east of downtown Knoxville with spacious views in all directions. The home was occupied and defended by both armies during the Civil War. It housed three generations of the same family for 130 years; the museum showcases one of the largest original family collections in America. Your attendance will help support the museum's mission to preserve and educate the public about an important part of East Tennessee history. Please call 865-522-8661 or visit www.mabryhazen.com for more information.

"Remembering and Honoring the Art of Ted Burnett"
A Special Art Show Benefiting the East Tennessee Historical Society
Village Fine Arts Gallery | Sunday, October 14, from 2:00-7:00 p.m.

Village Fine Art Gallery, in cooperation with ETHS, is privileged to present a retrospective of works by Knoxville artist, Ted Burnett. The exhibition and reception will be held at the Gallery, 4660 Old Broadway, from 2:00 pm. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 14, with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Burnett's artwork benefiting ETHS.

Burnett's many awards include the Hallmark International Award, and his work was included in numerous museum and gallery exhibits nationwide.

Burnett excelled in a variety of media and styles in an array of subjects, including textured florals, abstract and realistic landscapes, modern expressionist paintings in mixed media, and a series replicating mosaics. Whatever the style and media, Ted was a master at capturing his feelings about the subject, as well as the image. Bill and Carolyn Mullins of Village Fine Art Gallery are especially honored and grateful to be chosen as the exclusive representative of the Burnett Estate collection - works of art that showcase the best of Ted's creative genius from the 1940s until his untimely death in 1982.
For more information about Ted Burnett and the exhibition and reception, please visit www.eastTNhistory.org.

The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) and the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville are pleased to present “Arts in the Airport: 75 Years of Making Memories in Aviation,” a new exhibition featuring selected artwork from nearly 40 artists in the East Tennessee region. “Arts in the Airport” was developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area. The selected art features contemporary 2- and 3-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint from October 12, 2012 – April 11, 2013 with an opening reception on Wednesday, November 7, at 5:00 PM.

A gallery of images may be viewed at www.knoxalliance.com/album/airport_fall12.html.

The Arts & Culture Alliance, with assistance from Dorothy Habel, juried the exhibition with final approval by the Airport Authority. Prizes include $1,000 in awards to be announced at the reception on Wednesday, November 7, at 5:00 PM (awards ceremony at 5:00 PM). For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

A traveling exhibition of the atomic art of Doug Waterfield with paintings of an exploration of atomic testing phenomena and subsequent 1950's atomic culture.
An exploration of atomic testing phenomena and subsequent 1950's atomic culture is captured in "DOOMTOWN," the original paintings of atomic art by Doug Waterfield in his exhibition opening October 12 at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.

When the Atomic Energy Commission, predecessor to the Department of Energy, began 1950's testing of atomic bombs in the Nevada Test Site, the creation of several "Survival Towns" also known as "Doomtowns" were part of the test. These replica towns were built to see what the effects of the detonation of atomic weapons would have on Anytown, USA. The houses were furnished and peopled with mannequins. The photos and film footage that survives from these tests was quite influential on Waterfield's painting series, entitled "Doomtown." It is a commentary on a bygone age of American history, and is an effort to bring awareness to the past known as the Atomic Age - an age of optimism, technological advances and unmitigated paranoia.

Doug Waterfield is an Arkansas native currently residing in Nebraska with his family. He is an associate professor art at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. His work has been shown nationally for the past 25 years.

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

7th Annual FCAC Members' Show & exhibit of Bearden area Knox County student artwork at the Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37918

Friday, October 12 - Friday, November 9, 2012
Reception Friday, October 12, 6:30 - 8:00 PM

For more information please contact Director Sylvia Williams, 865-357-2787
fcartcenter@knology.net