Calendar of Events
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Plateau Creative Arts Center: Fall Awards Show
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
Just as a colorful outdoor environment is the hallmark of the fall season, the colorful Fall Awards Show is a seasonal hallmark at the Plateau Creative Arts Center (PCAC). At the Fall Awards Show, both residents and visitors will enjoy viewing some of the finest artwork that the members of the Art Guild at Fairfield Glade have to offer.
To celebrate the Fall Awards Show, the public is invited to the opening reception held at the PCAC on Friday, October 12, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
The Fall Awards Show may be viewed until its closing on Thursday, November 1.
View the Fall Art Show and enjoy the reception at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine Road). For more information about the Fall Awards Show or any of the fine art classes and events held at the PCAC, call 931-707-7249. Website: www.artguildfairfieldglade.net
BOO! At the Zoo
Category: Festivals, special events and Kids, family
Celebrate the most spooktacular time of the year with your little monster at Knoxville’s largest Halloween event! BOO! at the Zoo presented by U.S. Cellular® kicks off 12 nights of safe and not-too-scary Halloween fun Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13 and continuing Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 18-21 and Thursday through Tuesday, Oct. 25- 30, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. each evening.
BOO! at the Zoo, a Halloween tradition for 26 years, is a family event featuring
devilishly good music and games at the Monster Mash tent in The Clayton Family
Kids Cove, friendly costumed characters throughout the zoo, and the only “hauntedâ€
carousel in East Tennessee, the Scary-Go-Round. (How can you tell it’s
haunted? It goes backwards, of course.)
It wouldn’t be Halloween without the trick-or-treating! One of the highlights of
BOO! at the Zoo is the BOO! Trail, where little trick-or-treaters can fill their bag
with goodies as they make their way through the zoo. Each night of BOO! at the
Zoo will also feature a variety of entertainment, from dancers and jugglers to out-ofthis-world STAR WARS characters. For updated information about each evening’s activities, visit the zoo’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/knoxvillezoo.
Boo! at the Zoo tickets are $6 per person. Children under two are admitted free.
Parking is $5. Tickets are available at in advance by phone at (865) 637-5331,
online at knoxvillezoo.org, or at the zoo’s ticket office during regular zoo hours. Knoxville Zoo members receive a $1 discount on admission and free parking.
Tickets for BOO! at the Zoo can also be purchased at all Knoxville area Kroger stores. (Member discounts not available at Kroger locations.)
Knoxville Zoo is Knoxville’s largest year-round attraction. Located off exit 392 from Interstate 40, the zoo is open every day except Christmas Day. Knoxville Zoo is nationally accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and is committed to the highest standards in animal care and well-being, ethics, conservation, and education.
For more information, please call 865.637.5331 ext. 300 or visit www.knoxvillezoo.org.
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Gothic Cabaret
Category: Theatre
A musical revue!
Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $10 plus fees for Thursday & Sunday performances and $15 plus fees for Friday & Saturday performances. Theatre Knoxville Downtown has open seating. Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to pick up your tickets and claim your seats. TKD reserves the right to seat walk-in patrons during the final 15 minutes prior to showtime. For more information on the show, please call Theatre Knoxville Downtown at (865) 544-1999, e-mail info@theatreknoxville.com, or visit www.theatreknoxville.com.
The District Gallery & Framery: Philippa Roberts, Baabaazuzu, Jennythreads
Category: Fine Crafts
October 5-27 - Philippa Roberts Jewelry Show
Using sterling silver and beautifully cut gemstones, California designer Philippa Roberts creates contemporary necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings that can be worn formally or informally, with an appeal to all ages.
October 5-13 - Fall Fibers from Baabaazuzu
Baabaazuzu creates environmentally-friendly clothing and accessories for men and women. Every piece is repurposed and handmade from felted wool. Items include mittens, fingerless gloves, scarves, hats, purses, bags, and fashion accessories.
October 12-27 - Jennythreads by Jen Swearington
Each piece of fabric in every Jennythreads item is hand dyed and/or hand printed by the artist with imagery from her sketchbook pages and original hand-cut stencils. Jennythreads handmade silk and bamboo apparel and accessories have been featured in the New York Times, Belle Armoire, Niche, on HGTV, and have won many awards at fine art and craft events.
Gallery Hours:
Open Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The District Gallery & Framery | 5113 Kingston Pike | Knoxville | TN | 37919
(located next to Gourmet's Market) | 865.200.4452 | www.thedistrictgallery.com
Museum of Appalachia: Tennessee Fall Homecoming
Category: Festivals, special events and History, heritage
Our festival showcases some 400 musicians featuring authentic Southern Appalachian bluegrass, Gospel, folk and old-time country music continuously playing on 5 stages. Old-time crafters will entertain and offer their treasures for sale. Demonstrators will show and explain how people lived and worked during pioneer times. As always there will be plenty of tasty Southern vittles to enjoy. Southern hospitality will be in abundance too.
Over 175 artisans—some whose work is rarely seen elsewhere—demonstrate old-time mountain activities, including quilting, basket weaving, splitting cedar rails, spinning and weaving, whittling, caning chairs, making lye soap, and constructing old-time instruments. Thousands of handcrafted items are available for purchase during the three-day event.
with Darin & Brooke Aldridge,, “Sweethearts of Bluegrassâ€
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver ~ Leroy Troy
Dixie Gray ~ Tom Brantley & Missionary Ridge
The Hilltoppers ~ Dale Jett & “Hello Strangerâ€
Pine Mountain Grass ~ and others
Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Hwy., Clinton, TN 37716 (16 miles north of Knoxville at I-75, exit 122, then one mile east). Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Information: 865-494-7680, www.museumofappalachia.org
Mark Lamb, Founding Director of Circle Modern Dance, to Offer Dance Workshops
Category: Classes, workshops and Dance, movement
Founding Director of Circle Modern Dance, Mark Lamb, will return to Knoxville to offer a series of two dance workshops, open to all, regardless of previous dance experience.
0n Friday, October 12th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Mark Lamb will lead a workshop in Contact Improvisation, a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide for exploration through movement improvisation.
On Sunday, October 14th, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Mark will lead a workshop in the Mark Lamb Dance method: “Inside Out, Moving in the Moment.†In this workshop, movement will combine with storytelling, improvised text, and conversation in a non-judgmental atmosphere of exploration and play.
Both workshops will be held in the Emporium Center for Arts and Culture, 100 North Gay Street, in the Annex Studio. Registration for both workshops is $35 in advance, or $45 at the door. Participants may also choose to attend just one workshop for a reduced price.
Mark Lamb is a Kentucky-born choreographer, dancer, teacher, company director, performance artist and storyteller, based in New York City since 2003.
Mark Lamb helped found the acclaimed Circle Modern Dance Company of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1989, serving as its first Executive Artistic Director.
The New York Times has written that “Mr. Lamb makes dance an expression of communal joy,†and all Knoxvillians who have attended a Circle Modern Dance performance, or who have danced with the company, know this joy first-hand. “Everyone is a dancer, and every body has the right to dance†is the company’s guiding philosophy.
Circle Modern Dance
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture
100 N Gay Street, Suite 104
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
(865) 309.5309
Gatlinburg Craftsmen's Fair
Category: Fine Crafts and Music
Gatlinburg's premier arts and crafts show with over 180 of the nation's finest craftspeople plus country and bluegrass music shows daily.
July 20 - 29 and October 11 - 28, 2012.
Monday through Saturday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
Gatlinburg Convention Center, 920 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN.
Adults $6.00 each, children 12 and under free. www.craftsmensfair.com
Appalachian Arts Craft Center Porch Sale
Category: Fine Crafts
The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris will hold its Fall Porch Sale starting Thursday, Oct. 11, and running for about two weeks. The Porch Sale, held each Spring and Fall, features outdated stock, seconds, student crafts and unjuried work by members of the Craft Center. It’s an excellent place to get great deals on handmade crafts. This year we’ll also have handmade artisan bread for sale while it lasts.
The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is a nonprofit center that has been promoting traditional artists and crafts in the East Tennessee area for 40 years. The center is located at 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris, Tenn., one mile east of I-75 north at Exit 122. Currently the center has about 70 crafters who sell in the shop.
For more information, call 865-494-9854, or see our web site, www.appalachianarts.net.
Knoxville Museum of Art: Artscapes 2012
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fine Crafts and Fundraisers
The Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art presents the fourteenth annual Artscapes auction in two parts: a Cocktail Party and Silent Auction, Thursday, October 11, 6-9 p.m., and a Gala and Live Auction, Friday, October 19, 6:30 p.m.
Auction items encompass a variety of regionally and nationally exhibited works by artists well known to the Knoxville community from past museum exhibitions along with a few surprises in paintings, drawings, prints, glass, jewelry and fine crafts. Additionally, a curator-led tour of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in Bentonville, Arkansas is up for the bidding. An exhibit of the auction items opens October 4 at the KMA. Until then, a selection of pieces may be seen at the Emporium on Gay Street. Art may also be viewed at the KMA website, www.knoxart.org or by e-mail request to kma.artscapes@gmail.com.
Highlights of the works to be auctioned include an oil painting by contemporary colorist Joel Barr and a signature oil on canvas by American Impressionist and outdoorsman John Adams Spelman (1880-1941), who traveled to East Tennessee in the 1920s and 1930s to paint our beautiful Smoky Mountains and surrounding lakes.
Tickets for the Preview Party and Silent Auction on October 11 are $45 per person. Tickets for the Gala and Live Auction on October 19 are $150 per person. For questions or reservations, email kma.artscapes@gmail.com or visit www.knoxart.org.
Ijams Nature Center: Behind the Scenes with the Ijams Veterinarian
Category: Classes, workshops, Kids, family and Science, nature
Wildlife Program: Behind the Scenes with the Ijams Veterinarian
October 10th, 13th, 24th and 27th at 11am
(ages 5 and up) Get up close and personal with some of Ijams' furred and feathered animal ambassadors! You won't want to miss this unique opportunity to go behind the scenes of our animal care program. You'll get to see how we fee and care for the animals, and you may even have the chance to get nose-to-beak or toe-to-tail with some of our wildlife friends. Due to liability concerns, participants cannot be under 5 years of age. Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a paying adult. The fee for this program is $30 per person, and includes a boxed lunch. Registration is required. Please call (865) 577-4717 ext. 110 to register.
Circle Modern Dance Classes
Category: Classes, workshops and Dance, movement
Circle Modern Dance Classes
Circle classes are continuing on with a great new lineup of teachers coming in ready to have a fun time in the dance studio.
**Note classes on 10/14 will be replaced by Mark Lamb's workshop**
Wednesdays 6:00-7:30pm Contemporary Modern Dance Technique with Callie Minnich
Wednesdays 7:30-9:00pm Adult Open Level Ballet taught by Mary Alford
Sundays 3:00-4:30pm Open Level Modern Dance Technique with Elizabeth Kirkwood
Sundays 4:30-6:00pm Improvisation Techniques with Maria McGuire & Nate Barrett
As a reminder class pricing will remains:
$5 per class (first class free)
$50 Unlimited Classes July-December 2012*
*If you have purchased an unlimited pass in 2011 and have not already registered for the new year, please renew if you plan to attend this way in 2012.
http://www.circlemoderndance.com
Creative Yoga Retreat for Women
Category: Classes, workshops
Upcoming Workshop: Art and Asana - A Creative Yoga Retreat for Women
Sundays, October 7th, 14th & 21st
3:00-5:00pm
$70 for all 3 sessions or $25 per session.
An integrated journey of creative mindfulness, art making, and restorative and vinyasa yoga practices.
Explore how to create more healthy and healing spaces in your life
All levels are welcomed and encouraged.
reclaimwholebeing@gmail.com or http://www.facebook.com/ReclaimWellness?fref=ts