Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents a new recital series with the members of the Woodwind Quintet and the Principal Quartet entitled the KSO Q Series. This series consists of five concerts beginning at noon at The Square Room, located at 4 Market Square behind Café 4. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and include a boxed lunch. Patrons can purchase a subscription to the entire Q Series for $75 before single tickets go on sale August 18. Subscribers receive reserved seating for Q Series performances.

The Q SERIES performance dates are:
+ Wednesday, September 24
+ Wednesday, October 22
+ Wednesday, January 28
+ Wednesday, March 25
+ Wednesday, April 29

The musical programs will be announced on the KSO website prior to each performance. Admission is general and seating is limited.

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

In 1901, Knoxvillian Weston Fulton patented an invention, the metal bellows, whose impact would reach from the home and industry to “the bottom of the ocean to the surface of the moon and from hospital rooms to the top of skyscrapers.” Learn more about Fulton’s fascinating story, his business ventures that included Fulton Company, and his foray into the political life of Knoxville. Dewaine Speaks is a former salesman of the the Fulton Company and the author of the book, Weston Fulton Changed the World. This lecture is held in conjunction with the Made in Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones exhibition at the Museum of East Tennessee September 29, 2014- January 11, 2015.

The program is sponsored by 21st Mortgage Corporation and 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 purchase. For more information on the lecture, exhibitions, or museum hours, call 865-215-8824.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM, Saturday: 10AM-4PM, Sunday: 1-5PM. Library: Monday-Tuesday: 9AM-8:30PM, Wednesday-Friday: 9AM-5:30PM, Saturday: 9AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

The last Wednesday of every month - join friends of historic preservation for a drink and good conversation. Who knows what topics will be covered, but it's fun to gather together!

No need to RSVP, just stop by The Crown and Goose, 123 S. Central Street in the Old City. Knox Heritage: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

Jose Aponte will be the keynote speaker for UT College of Communication and Information’s Diversity and Inclusion Week! Jose Aponte is the Director of the San Diego County Library System which won Library of the Year in 2012. Jose is a dynamic, energetic speaker and a visionary library director. He has a history of ground-breaking, innovative community solutions. Make plans to come hear him and to be inspired!

Who: Jose Aponte, Director, San Diego County Library System, http://www.sdcl.org/about-director.html
What: Keynote Speaker CCI Diversity and Inclusion Week
Where: McClung Auditorium on the UT campus & a live streaming link will be provided

Current Exhibits at the Rose Center, Morristown, now thru October 17.

21st Annual Quilt Show
Over 70 handmade quilts
Edith Davis Gallery

Theatre Guild: Past, Present & Future
Celebrating 80 years of Tennessee's oldest communtiy theatre
Hal Noe Gallery

The Rose Center, 442 West Second North St., Morristown, TN, 37814.
423-581-4330, www.rosecenter.org

Bob Patterson, Director of the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center and Don M. Alexander, Cades Cove Heritage Tour Manager announced the 2014 Cades Cove Heritage Tours schedule of specialty tours.

Advance reservations are required.
Limit of 17 guests per tour.
Call 865-448-8838 for reservations.

Sam Venable, author, columnist, humorist, and naturalist will highlight points of interest in the GSM National Park. The 3 1/2 - 4 hour tour is $50 per person and will depart from the GSM Heritage Center at 9:30 am on the following Saturdays: May 10, August 23, September 20, October 18.

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is a not for profit museum
and is located between the traffic light and the national park entrance,
on scenic Highway 73.
For more information, please call 865-448-0044

The WordPlayers presents Steel Magnolias on Sept. 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 @ 7:30 & Sept. 21 & 28 @ 2:30 at Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Rd., Knoxville.

The quintessential story of family and friendship in a unique Southern sisterhood, Steel Magnolias is a skillfully crafted portrayal of eccentricity, loyalty and love set in a small-town beauty parlor. The play is alternately hilarious and touching—and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its characters. (Recommended for ages 13+)

Tickets range from $10-$15 and may be purchased online at www.wordplayers.org or at the door with cash or check. Group Rate available and Thursday is Pay What You Can Night. For more information, call 865.539.2490

The Lyric Theatre Company presents The Importance of Being Earnest
Play by Oscar Wilde.

September 19 & 20 8 PM
September 21 2 PM
September 26 & 27 8 PM
September 28Tickets to theatre events may be purchased online using Paypal or by calling the Lyric Theatre at (865) 458-9020 - Mastercard and Visa accepted. Box office opens one hour prior to show time. Online orders will be sent an order confirmation by e-mail. Tickets will be held at the Box Office under the name of the person ordering the tickets. 2 PM.

320 Grove Street, Loudon, TN 37774 (865) 458-9020 * mailto:thelyrictheatre@bellsouth.net
http://www.lyricloudontn.com/

Pellissippi State Community College features the paintings of three area artists in its “Abstractions” exhibit. The event highlights works of John Bissonette, Jennifer Brickey and Heather Hartman, all of whom explore non-objective imagery in various forms. Brickey also is an assistant professor at Pellissippi State.

“The paintings all make use of color, space and structure to convey various ideas,” said Herb Rieth, curator of the exhibit and assistant professor at Pellissippi State. “The paintings are engaging, witty, mysterious and intense without using concrete images.”

This event is curated by Art faculty member Herb Rieth. See a brief write up in the Knoxville Daily Sun:
http://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/entertainment/2014/abstractions-exhibit.html#.VBCBzphJkeR

The exhibit is in the Bagwell Gallery on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.pstcc.edu/arts or call (865) 694-6400.

Saturday, September 13 - 3:00
Kerry Madden – “Offsides,” memoir

Thursday, September 18 - 6:00
Amber Roessner – “Inventing Base-ball Heroes,” non-fiction

Friday, September 19 - 6:00
Carol Bradley – “The Last Chain on Billie,” non-fiction

Wednesday, September 24 - Noon
Bookaholics Book Group - “The Good Lord Bird,” fiction

Tuesday, September 30 - 6:00
Perre Coleman Magness –“Pimento Cheese: The Cookbook”

Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902, (865) 951-2180, www.unionavebooks.com

Drawing on the collections of the McClung Museum, the University of Tennessee Library’s Special Collections, as well as private collections, this exhibit explores the fascinating intersection of art and science in the tradition of natural history illustration and features over fifty rare books, prints, and objects.

From 16th century imaginings of fantastical beasts, to the extremely accurate 19th illustrations of plants and animals, the works on view highlight how increasing access to travel, technology, and books, as well as the evolution of the field of science, changed how these artful illustrations were created and interpreted. The curators of the exhibit, Catherine Shteynberg and Christine Dano Johnson, are available for interviews or walkthroughs of the exhibit, and can be contacted directly at: cshteynb@utk.edu, 865-974-6921.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Photography exhibit, David Habercom
Art Exhibit at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
Free and open to the public

Opening reception Sept. 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists’ talks at 6:30 p.m.
Exhibit runs Sept. through Oct. 2014

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery: 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918, www.davidhabercom.com