Calendar of Events

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts invites you to:
Utilitarian Clay VI: Celebrate The Object
Invited Mentor’s Exhibition
September 14 – November 10
Sandra J. Blain Galleries
Free
Mon-Sat
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN
865.436.5860
www.arrowmont.org

Due to the upcoming HeathScares Tour and The Hearth-Scares Ball, a few changes are being made in the opening hours at James White's Fort. The Fort will open at Noon on Thursday October 18 and Friday October 19 and remain open until 6 p.m. when we will transition over to the HearthScares Tour. The Fort will be closed to visitors, Wednesday October 24 thru Sunday October 28 to allow for the set-up and take-down of our Hearth-Scares Ball on Friday night October 26th. We will reopen to normal schedule on Monday October 29th.

HearthScares Tours will depart from the Fort Thursday October 18, Friday October 19, Monday October 22, Tuesday October 23, Monday October 29 and Tuesday October 30th at 7 p.m. each evening.

Featuring Contemporary Focus artist Andrew Scott Ross

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

“American Heroes with Common Bonds: Story of Five American Soldiers held as German POW’s” A Lecture by Justice Sharon Lee

Noon, Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the East Tennessee History Center,
601 South Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902.

In a lecture on October 24, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee will present the compelling stories of five American soldiers captured and held as prisoners of war by the Germans in World War II. Although they were of different backgrounds and faiths and had different prison experiences, the young men shared some common qualities and traits that enabled them to endure and survive the difficult conditions of their incarcerations. Following the war, the men returned home to their families and became productive members of their communities.

The captured soldiers also shared the common experience of rearing children who became judges and lawyers in Tennessee. Justice Lee will tell the stories of her father, Charles Lee of Monroe County; Bruce Foster, the father of Bruce Foster, Jr. of Knox County; Harold Leibowitz, father of Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz of Knox County; Hugh Ross, the father of Judge Carroll Ross of McMinn County; and David Goldin, father of Chancellor Arnold Goldin of Shelby County.

The program is free and open to the public. The lecture will begin at noon at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. Guests are invited to bring a “Brown Bag” lunch and enjoy the lecture. Soft drinks will be available. For more information on the lecture, exhibitions, or museum hours, call 865-215-8824 or visit the website at www.EastTNHistory.org.

Tuesday 10/23
New Rain
The Trishas

Wednesday 10/24
Tom House
Rachel van Slyke

Thursday 10/25
Tonight's NoiseThe Gloria Darlings

Friday 10/26
Charlie Morris
The Troubadour Kings

Monday 10/29
Tiller's Folly
The Barrell Jumpers

Wednesday 10/31
Jack Rentfro's Apocalypto Quartet
Norwegian Wood

Thursday 11/1
Ray Cashman

Friday 11/2
The Universal Thump
Jeff Blaney

Saturday 11/3
Meet The Seavers

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

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform for over 10,000 elementary school students at their annual series of Young People’s Concerts on October 23, 24 and 25 at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. The KSO has hosted this series of Young People’s Concerts for over 60 years with the goal of introducing students in grades 3-5 to live orchestral music.

KSO Resident Conductor James Fellenbaum will conduct the concert, themed Scientific Symphony, for students from East Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. Performances are: 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on October 23 and 24 and at 9:30 a.m. on October 25. All 9:30 a.m. performances are sold out but availability remains for the 10:45 a.m. shows. Tickets can be can purchased for $6 at the door.
Scientific Symphony is an educational program designed for students grades three through five. “This year’s program will follow the scientific method as we experiment with the Scientific Symphony. Students will learn about the physics of sound including concepts that are in the TCAP test,” said KSO Director of Education and Community Partnerships Jennifer Barnett. “An on-screen oscilloscope will give students a visual representation of sound as the orchestra plays pieces that demonstrate high and low pitch and loud and soft volumes.”

“The show will open with a huge chemical science display created by the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. By joining dynamic science concepts with dynamic classical music we hope to introduce the symphony to thousands of young people in our region,” Barnett said.

Those wishing to attend the Young People’s Concerts or looking for more information should call the KSO Young People’s Concert Line at 865-521-2338.

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.

Come and join the spirits for a tour of Downtown Knoxville’s scariest landmarks. The tours which last approximately one and a half hours each, will visit the sites of some of Knoxville’s best kept secrets. Stories for this year include; the legend of Knoxville’s own Frankenstein, Knoxville’s first mass murderer, John Roberts, and the Spirit of the Tennessee Theatre. This year’s tour will also include the story of “Hank’s Last Ride” and will be about one and a half miles in length. All tours began and end at James White’s Fort located at the intersection of Hill Avenue and Hall of Fame Drive. Ample free parking is available for tour participants at the Fort. Tours are given Monday through Friday, October 18, 19, 22, 23, 29 & 30th. Tours will depart at 7:00 p.m. each evening. Each tour will end with a marshmallow roast around the fires at the Fort. Admission for Adults 16 and over will be $10.00 and $6.00 for children ages 6 – 15. Reservations are requested for large groups of 12 or more and may be made by calling the Fort at 525 – 6514.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW BEFORE THE GHOSTS AND GOBLINS DO!

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