Calendar of Events

On October 27 and 29, 2012 Blount Mansion’s Halloween tour Ghost and Ghouls comes back. This walking tour of downtown Knoxville’s haunted past is sure to please all ages. Two tours will leave the Blount Mansion Visitors Center at 6:30 and 8 pm Saturday and Monday evening, $10 for adults and $5 for children. This is a family centered event.

Blount Mansion will be guiding tours through the streets of downtown Knoxville showcasing its ghastly past. Starting at the Blount Mansion Visitors Center, two tours will be leaving nightly at 6:30 and 8 pm. Festively dressed guides will lead the guests by lantern light through the streets and alleyways of historic Knoxville telling historically based tales of intrigue.

Some of the featured stories will include the mystery of the Gay Street Bridge, Blount Mansion’s own Craighead Jackson house as well as the legend of the Wampus Cat. Ghost and Ghouls will share the best local lore with you and your family in this Halloween event.

Blount Mansion is Knoxville’s only National Historic Landmark and is Knoxville’s oldest house museum. www.blountmansion.org.

37th annual Mountain Makins Festival, October 27-28, 2012
Saturday 10:00AM-5:00PM, Sunday 11:00AM-5:00PM

Mountain Makins is a weekend folk life festival celebrating the traditions of Appalachia. The festival begins with a Preview Reception on Friday, October 26, from 6:30 – 9pm. Artisans will exhibit throughout the historic building and on the surrounding grounds. Shop for fine art, folk art, pottery, baskets, photography, woodworking, bath products, jewelry, decorative painting, candles, and other hand-crafted items. visitors to the family-friendly event enjoy a variety of activities including two stages of music, storytelling, folklife demonstrations, prize-winning dancers, regional authors, children’s activities, and abundant good food.

Rose Center, Morristown
www.RoseCenter.org
(423) 581.4330
442 W. Second N. St., Morristown, TN 37814

Marble Springs State Historic Site, in conjunction with the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association, will be hosting “Halloween Haunts and Haints”, Saturday, October 27, from 4 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. You can expect to enjoy trick or treating at the historic buildings; haunted trail; period children’s craft activities; prize raffle, and, of course, storytelling for the young & young at heart! A complete schedule of events can be found at the Marble Springs Facebook page or web site (www.marblesprings.net).

A costume parade & contest will begin at 5:15pm so be sure to get here early!! Costume Contest Categories include: Best Fictional, Cutest, Scariest, Most Historical, Most Creative, & Best Overall. Registration begins at 4:00 and closes at 5:00. Registration fee of $1.00 per person is required for participation. The “Halloween Haunts and Haints” Costume Contest is generously sponsored by: Dollywood, Wonderworks, Tennessee Smokies, Adventure Raceway, Hollywood Wax Museum, and Wilderness at the Smokies.

Admission: $5.00 16+, $3 ages 4 – 15, ages 3 & under are FREE; Family cap at $20.00; Parking is free.

A Rain date is scheduled for November 3 in the event of cancellation due to inclement weather.

All activities take place at the Marble Springs State Historic Site: 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920.

Information found at 865-573-5508
Email: marblesprings@gmail.com
Website: www.marblesprings.net

Contact the Center for more information.

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Ijams Wildlife Program
EVERY Saturday-Thursday at 2:00 p.m. and
Sunday at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.
Meet one of the animals of Ijams and learn more about its natural history. Cost is Free to members, $2 for non-members.
No registration required.

Nature Fun Stations
Every Friday at 3:30pm
Join one of Ijams Educators for some serious fun. We might be blowing bubbles, dipnetting in the pond or throwing seed bombs! Program is FREE and no pre-registration is required.
Meet at the visitor center.

Get to Know Ijams Hike
Every Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
Come enjoy the fall and join one of Ijams Naturalists for a guided hike around Ijams. Learn about Ijams' history and what to look for when you are out on our trails in October. Meet at the visitor center. Cost is $2 per person or $5 per family. No registration required.

2915 Island Home Avenue, Knoxville TN 37920

FOR MORE INFORMATION
(865)-577-4717 ● www.ijams.org

The Creative Arts Co-op wants you to join us for the costume party to end all costume parties...literally! The hosts are hoping a 'supernatural event' at their party will put them on the social map. You know what they say...be careful what you wish for!
Our interactive murder mysteries are fun for everyone. Come dressed for the costume contest, interrogate the suspects, enjoy the desserts - it's all here!

The Creative Arts Co-op invites you to the third 'Terror in the Theatre' walk through haunted house...if you dare!

The details are:
'Terror in the Theatre' walk through haunted house
October 26 & 27, 2012
Doors open at 7:30pm
Tickets are $5.00 at the door at the Creative Arts Co-op Visual & Performing Arts Center, 426 Ruritan Road, Harriman

Call 865/765-1129 or visit www.creativeartsco-op.com.

Bringing the beauty, humor and drama of his words to life, Will Power! takes you on a journey of discovering (or rediscovering) Shakespeare through scenes, monologues, and songs from his most famous plays.

Clarence Brown Theatre / Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

A collage of his Shakespeare’s greatest hits, “Will Power” will play in the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre October 25 – November 11, 2012.

Adapted and directed by UT Theatre faculty member, Kate Buckley, the production is set in a timeless context and includes monologues, scenes, forty-two characters, excerpts from nineteen plays, and six songs.

“Will Power!” runs from October 25 – November 11, 2012. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Matinee performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Ticket prices vary. For tickets, please call the CBT box office at 865-974-5161 or Tickets Unlimited at 865-656-4444.

October 25, November 1-2-3 at 7:30 PM

For more than 40 years The Carpetbag Theater has been telling stories of empowerment and celebrating African-American culture through the creation of original plays and music. They continue this tradition with the premier of their new play “Speed Killed My Cousin” as a part of The Network of Ensemble Theater’s MicroFest.

“Speed” is the story of a young African-American female veteran of the Iraq war and her struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The show explores multiple issues related to war including the history and otherness of African-Americans in the military, and the experiences of women in combat. It is a contemporary story of survival and coping in a confusing and damaging world.

“War has been largely the story of men. The impact is, however, felt by us all. I discovered my way into the story of war’s impact through a conversation with a young African-American recruit. The recruit, a female 2006 version of my 1960s male cousin, was lost, unemployed and looking for a way out... what happens to these women after they serve? Can we know what women in combat will bring home to their families if we don’t hear their stories? As artists, we have the responsibility to break the silence," says Linda Parris-Bailey, playwright.

“Speed” has been a project centered in the experiences of women that has been led by a creative team consisting mostly of women. The team consists of playwright Linda Parris-Bailey, Arab American director and dramaturge Adrea Assaf, visual artist Melody Reeve and music by Kelle Jolly and John Puckett.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door; 865-523-7521 or www.knoxtix.com.

Speed Killed My Cousin, is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by The Carpetbag Theatre in partnership with Junebug Productions, Mason/Rhynes Productions and NPN. The Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org. This production is also made possible by funding from Alternate Roots and the Ford Foundation through the Roots Tour & Residency Program. For more information, call 865-544-0447.

East Tennessee's early material culture and decorative arts will be a focus of the seventh biennial Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) Conference, October 25-27. Local hosts are the East Tennessee Historical Society and the McClung Historical Collection.

The conference provides the only major forum for scholarly presentation and interaction on American material culture and decorative arts with a specific emphasis on the South. The 2012 conference will include lectures on a variety of interesting topics by distinguished speakers, as well as field trips to regional material culture sites and decorative arts collections in East Tennessee

MESDA is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is the only museum in the world dedicated to exhibiting and researching the regional decorative arts of the early American South. For the conference schedule and registration, please visit www.MESDA.org/conference or call 335-721-7360.

September 27, 2012 — The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem Museums & Gardens is presenting the eighth biennial MESDA Conference on October 25-27, 2012 at the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, TN. This is the second time the MESDA conference has gone “on the road.”

The MESDA Conference is the only major forum for scholarly presentation and interaction on American material culture and decorative arts with specific emphasis on the South. This important three-day conference includes a keynote address by noted decorative arts scholar and author Betsy K. White, a day of East Tennessee "Rambles", and a full day of lectures focused on new discoveries in Southern decorative arts with specific focus on the material culture of Tennessee, Kentucky and the Great Road.
Conference registration, which includes Thursday’s keynote lecture and reception, the Saturday Gordon Seminar, and the lunch on Saturday, is $145 ($130 for Friends of MESDA, Old Salem, and the Tennessee Historical Society), $50 for students. Conference Dinner aboard the Volunteer Princess on Friday Evening is $50, $35 for students. Rambles in East Tennessee include transportation, admissions, and lunch for $85. Space for the conference is limited. Pre-registration is required to ensure a place.
To register or learn more, please email mesdaprograms@oldsalem.org or call 336-721-7360. For conference details visit www.mesda.org/conference.

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