Calendar of Events

Community Television of Knoxville (CTV), in partnership with the Arts & Culture Alliance, is proud to present Live! from First Friday, a live remote broadcast during First Friday receptions in downtown Knoxville. For the first time, CTV has the ability to do extended live shoots, so they are using this new opportunity to focus on local non-profit galleries (including the Emporium Center, the University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, and Art Market Gallery). Live! from First Friday will include preview of the exhibitions and artwork, music from the jazz jam sessions in the Black Box at the Emporium, interviews with artists, musicians, and gallery preparators, and patrons enjoying the receptions. Following a successful pilot run during the August receptions, CTV will broadcast on subsequent First Fridays: November 1, and December 6. The public may view a live stream on First Fridays at www.ctvknox.org, and it is also available on iPhones and iPads. The program is re-aired on the following Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM.

CTV aims to keep the citizens informed of events and activities around Knoxville. Since 1975, CTV has provided media production facilities to the residents of Knoxville & Knox County for non-commercial use. Accessible to more than 100,000 cable TV subscribers throughout Knoxville & Knox County (and millions more throughout the world via the Internet), the channel serves a wide constituency, including community residents, local government agencies, nonprofit organizations and other community groups. For more information, visit www.ctvknox.org.

Join WDVX every First Friday at the Knoxville Visitor Center for a live broadcast!

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

In a little more than a decade together, Blackberry Smoke has perfected their rockin’ good-times-for-all take on rock ’n’ roll. Mixing elements of gospel, bluegrass, arena rock, soul and more than a touch of outlaw country, Blackberry Smoke has earned a passionate fanbase that continues to grow as the band itself evolves. The band is as blue collar as the bandanas its members wear.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

During the 1970s, a new brand of pop music was born ’ one that was steeped in African and African-American styles ’ particularly jazz and R&B but appealed to a broader cross-section of the listening public. As founder and leader of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White not only embraced but also helped bring about this evolution of pop, which bridged the gap that has often separated the musical tastes of black and white America. It certainly was successful, as EWF combined high-caliber musicianship, wide-ranging musical genre eclecticism, and ’70s multicultural spiritualism.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com.

Kevin Abernathy to perform in his hometown of Madisonville for the first time!
Friday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m Kevin Abernathy will perform in a benefit for MACA & Hiwassee Auditorium.
Doors open at 7:00PM. Adults $20, Students $10.
For Event & Ticket Info: www.monroearts.com
Hiwassee College, 225 Hiwassee College Drive, Madisonville, TN 37354

Songs and Stories - Legendary performer John McCutcheon is known for his interpretation on banjo and hammer dulcimer of Appalachian standards as well as for original songs such as the historical ballad “Christmas in the Trenches,” topical songs and children’s material. Early in his musical career he was active in exploring the folklore of East Tennessee, bringing traditional fiddlers, ballad singers, dancers and Old Harp singers to the Laurel Theater and associated venues as the first music director of Jubilee Community Arts. John contributed a chapter to the iconic Cumberland Avenue Revisited anthology edited by Jack Rentfro.

Tickets, if available, will be for sale at the door for $20.

The Laurel Theater is located on the corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville near the UT campus. For additional information, call (865) 522-5851, e-mail concerts@jubileearts.org, or visit www.jubileearts.org.

6:00 PM - live performance by Chet Atkins-style picker Larry Oldham and display of East Tennessee Music and Television Icons by local artist Amy Campbell
7:00 PM - live performance by Kountry Kings with Kathy Hill, Jim "Little Jimmy" Hartsook, Ray Rose, David West, and Stoney Stonecipher
7:30 PM - Screening of vintage television clips, 1953-1973, including local commercials, news footage, Cas Walker's Farm & Home Hour, Jim Walter's Jubilee with Bonnie Lou and Buster, Jim Clayton's Startime, Little Jimmy Hartsook Show, and John Cazana's Wide World of Wrestling

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM; Saturday: 10AM-4PM; Sunday: 1-5PM. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

November First Friday at Bliss
Bliss 24 Market Square Knoxville, TN 37902
Friday, November 1st, 2013

Opening Reception: Friday, November 1st, 6pm to 9pm
Admission: Free

Bliss is pleased to present Knoxville's own, Grant Barton of Precious Metals Prints, for November's First Friday. Bliss, located at 24 Market Square, will host an opening reception from 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary snacks will be provided and Grant's jewelry will be available for all of November.

Precious Metals Prints started when Grant wanted a special gift for his wife, Laura. While reading a book about precious metal clay, Grant got the idea to make a necklace out of their two son's fingerprints.

Precious Metals Prints are pure silver or gold monogrammed pendants which make great gifts for mothers, grandmothers and even a gift to hold onto for mothers-to-be. The kit has simple instructions for how to capture your precious fingerprints in clay, but for First Friday, Grant will capture the fingerprints for you. The finished pendants will be available for pick-up in early December at Bliss.

Kickoff one of Knoxville's favorite traditions - First Friday - with the Visit Knoxville Team on November 1, 2013. Beginning at 4:00 p.m., Visit Knoxville will kickoff First Friday with an Open House featuring six (6) local artists and photographers whose work is on display throughout the Visit Knoxville building. These artists include Bobbie Crews, Phil Savage, Gary Heatherly, Lori Douthat, John Gustin, and Bill Foster. Also, see the reveal of the name on the Visit Knoxville mural and learn about several new Visit Knoxville initiatives and projects. We invite you to join the Visit Knoxville Team to kick-off First Friday, and then enjoy a night experiencing all the fun activities and entertainment at many downtown businesses and attractions.

If you have any questions, please contact Kim Davis at 865-342-9119 or kdavis@knoxville.org.
http://www.knoxville.org/firstfridaykickoff

The Knoxville Re-Animation Coalition and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design are performing an Illumination in Odd Fellows Cemetery to celebrate the progress of the construction of the community passage, a portion of proposed walkways in the cemetery that will increase accessibility and engagement with the sacred grounds. The event is being hosted to thank all those who have supported the rehabilitation efforts over the years.

Schedule of events for Friday, November 1:
6:00 p.m. Procession along the Community Passage, led in song by Sister LaTeta
We will gather together on Bethel Avenue, between Surrey Rd. and New Salem Baptist Church, to begin the walk. The procession will follow from Bethel Avenue through Odd Fellows Cemetery and Potters Field to Dr. Walter Hardy Memorial Park for a public presentation.

6:15 p.m. Invocation by Reverend Harold Middlebrook followed by a presentation by the Knoxville Re-Animation Coalition and UTK College of Architecture and Design with Mayor Madeline Rogero

6:40 p.m. Sundown and a Show of Candlelight

Info: aambrozi@utk.edu, 865-974-3270

Come visit the art exhibition "WORK FRIENDS" this Friday (Nov. 1), from 7-10 pm.

“WORK FRIENDS” will feature the paintings, sculptures, and photos of ten Knoxville artists along with an item chosen as a partner to their work; a “work friend”. Each artist has been asked to display something that has a relationship to their process or aesthetic. The resulting talismans, detritus, and practical tools expand the work, and serve as a link to the creative incubator that is the studio.

Artists: April Bachtel, Robmat Butler, Kate Faulkner, Marcia Goldenstein, Javan Grover, Briena Harmening, Heather Hartman, Jonathan Lisenby, Andrew Merriss, Natalie Petrosky.

"WORK FRIENDS" is at 1324 Broadway Road (at Glenwood) in the space next to the Vacuum Shop Studios, and Knoxville's newest coffee shop, K-Brew.

Cantakerous novelist Charles Condomine is haunted by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium", one Madame Arcati. As the (worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles' current wife Ruth is accidentally killed, "passes over", joins Elvira and the two "blithe spirits" haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Group rates are available. Come dressed in costume for the Halloween show and get in for $10!

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com