Calendar of Events

Amph/Front Porch

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

MUTEMATH • Sunday, October 21
New Orleans alternative outfit MUTEMATH’s studio recordings pulse with the energy of a live performance, while their live performances transcend to plane of meticulously organized sonic chaos. Their 2011 album Odd Soul has been met with widespread praise, with Alternative Press declaring, “MUTEMATH explore emotional depths both sonically and lyrically, bringing a new sense of urgency to their music.”

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville 37902
www.knoxbijou.com/

CAN YOU DIG IT?
An Event Celebrating National Archaeology Day and National Fossil Day, Hosted by the Frank H. McClung Museum and the East TN Society of the AIA

In celebration of National Archaeology Day and National Fossil Day, the Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, and the Archaeological Institute of America, East Tennessee Society, are hosting an afternoon event on October 21, from 1:00-5:00 pm. On Sunday, the Museum will host special activities, including: identifying Indian artifacts, animal bones, fossils, and rocks; a flintknapping demonstration at 3:00 pm; a hand-building pottery demonstration; making molds and casts of shells at 2:00 and 4:00 pm, (for kids); writing in Egyptian hieroglyphs at 1:30 (for kids); and table displays showcasing the work of local archaeologists and paleontologists. University of Tennessee professors, staff, and graduate students from the departments of Anthropology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Religious Studies, and Classics, along with McClung Museum and the Archaeological Research Lab are participating in the day’s activities.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their artifacts, bones, fossils, and rocks to the museum for identification. Visitors can learn about archaeological digs and learn how much archaeology occurs in their backyards (East Tennessee and SE US). Professors and graduate students will happily answer questions about archaeology and paleontology. The day’s activities are a part of other scheduled events taking place around the country throughout the month of October. Check out these websites to learn more about other activities taking place around the country.
http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/
http://www.archaeological.org/NAD

Events will take place in the museum’s lobby and various galleries. Weather-permitting, the plaza area in front of the museum will be used for a pottery demonstration. The event is free and open to the public. CAN YOU DIG IT? is a Penny 4 the Arts Event, so we warmly encourage families, children, and students to attend.

Knoxville’s oldest church, First Presbyterian Church at 620 State Street, will celebrate its 220th anniversary on Oct. 21 with an 11 a.m. service followed by a “Dinner on the Street” immediately afterward. The event is free and open to the public.

The city will block off State Street between Church and Clinch Avenues directly behind the Tennessee Theater for the dinner. Tables and chairs for diners will be in the street. There is ample free parking nearby.

“It’s a modern version of the old Dinner on the Grounds. We don’t have a level ground, so it’s Dinner on the Street,” said the Rev. Dr. Paul Rader, associate pastor.

Lively Christian celebration and historical interest will merge for the event. Dr. William Pender, pastor, will preach on Jeremiah 17: 5-8 at the 11 a.m. service, which will begin with a procession of local dignitaries, former pastors and church staff. Choir Director Ashley Burell will lead music which will include the First Presbyterian Choir, organ and a brass ensemble.

After lunch, guests may tour the church’s historic graveyard and its collection of stained glass windows.

First Presbyterian Church holds a key slot in Knoxville’s history as the area’s first church. Begun on land donated by Knoxville pioneer and founder James White, its first pastor was an itinerant preacher named Samuel Carrick, who went on to found Blount College, which later became the University of Tennessee.

Both White and Carrick are now buried adjacent to the church in what is Knoxville’s oldest graveyard. Also interred are Tennessee’s first governor, William Blount, his wife, Mary Grainger Blount, and U.S. Sen. Hugh Lawson White, who was also a Whig candidate for President in 1836, a state Supreme Court justice and the first president of First Tennessee Bank.

For more information, please contact the church office at 546-2531, email church@fpcknox.org, or visit the website at www.fpcknox.org

Sunday, October 21st
4:00pm to 7:00pm

Join us on as we welcome the Tennessee Sheiks to the Garden!
Pack a picnic, grab the family and head to the Garden for a wonderful afternoon of bluegrass music. The concert will be held rain or shine. Fall is the perfect time of year to sit under a beautiful canopy of trees on our Stone Terrace and enjoy some amazing local artists.
Tickets for members are $10.00, non-members are $12. Kids ages 12 and under are FREE!!
To purchase tickets please visit our website, www.knoxgarden.org.
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37914.

HALLOWEEN GHOSTLY GATHERING
Saturday, October 20th and 27th
A Calling of the Spirits of Rugby’s Past…Award Winning Chili Dinner... Lantern Lit
Tours to Historic Buildings…Story Telling & “Ghost” Film…More Stories
at the Druid’s Bonfire. Advance Reservations Required.
www.historicrugby.org

Knox County Parks and Recreation invites you to:

Design your scarecrow and win prizes! Applications at www.knoxcounty.org/parks.
Walk the Scarecrow Trail! From Thursday, October 18 at 3:00PM through October 31, sunrise to sunset.
Vote for your favorite! Scarecrow ballots will be available October 18-22. Winners will be announced at the Farmers Market on Thursday, October 25.

For more informatin contact Knox County Parks and Recreation, 215-6000 or online at www.knoxcounty.org/parks.

Thursday 10/18
Lonesome Traveler

Friday 10/19
Erin McDermott Band
Frazier Band

Saturday 10/20
Meade Skelton
Conservation Theory

Monday 10/22
Whiskey Shivers
Them Damn Kids

Tuesday 10/23
New Rain
The Trishas

Wednesday 10/24
Tom House
Rachel van Slyke

Thursday 10/25
Tonight's Noise
The Gloria Darlings

Friday 10/26
Charlie Morris
The Troubadour Kings

12:00 Noon, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 South Gay St.
www.wdvx.com

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

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