Calendar of Events

Some very important lessons in life aren't covered in school. Knox County Public Library is pleased to offer programs for teens this fall. Life 101 is a short series focusing on sharing knowledge on important issues for teens and their families. The free workshops will be held on Saturdays at 2:00 at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave.

September 27 and again on October 18- Nutrition Basics for Teens.
Shannon Reynolds from the University of Tennessee Medical Center's "Healthy Living Kitchen" program will be talking about the importance of establishing healthy eating habits and showing teens how to make a quick and healthy snack.

For additional information, please call 215-8700.
All classes are held at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave., at 2:00.

The HoLa Festival, celebrating its 15th year, showcases a rich mix of culture, traditions and authentic foods from many Spanish-speaking countries from around the globe.
Attended by approximately 20,000 people last year, the HoLa Festival is an annual celebration of diversity and a cultural salute to our East Tennessee community. Admission is free.

Come out to dance to the Jaime Bonilla Orchestra
Saturday 27 September at 7PM at the Market Square.

NEW THIS YEAR: An extended festival: more music, more activities for everyone in the family!
Market Square, Downtown Knoxville.
Saturday, September 27 from 7 PM until 10 PM
Sunday, September 28 from 11:30 AM until 6 PM
For further information: www.holafestival.org

The Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival will be held on the grounds of Cove Lake State Park, in Caryville, Tennessee at Exit 134, less than a half mile from I-75 on Hwy. 25W/63. Parking is available throughout the Park and on the Festival grounds.

+ Two Stages of Music: Old-Time, Blues, Gospel, Mountain Jazz, Bluegrass
+ Kids Fun Zone
+ Craft Village
+ Judged Art and Quilt Show
+ Food Court
+ Acoustic music jam session welcome

Musical performers:
+ The Armstrong Legacy Trio featuring Howard’s son Ralphe and his collaborators Ray Kamalay and John Reynolds
+ Cajun band The Revelers
+ Campbell County family gospel group The Beelers
+ soul music legend John Myers and his band
+ Paris-meets-Argentina jazz band Kukuly & the Gypsy Fuego
+ old-time string band The Bearded
+ folk duo Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
+ performance of Howard’s favorite songs and stories by the Carpetbag Singers
+ revered Campbell County bluegrass band The New River Boys
+ legendary banjo player Wade Hill and the Bluegrass Professionals Reunion Band
+ bluegrass and gospel reunion of The Muse Family led by Doris and Betty (Muse) Johnson

The festival will also include its annual re-enactment of the Old-Time Fiddlers Convention with guest fiddlers acting out the historic competition held for several decades in LaFollette.

For more info please visit www.louiebluie.org.

The Lambert Recital Hall Performance Series

New West Guitar Group has been making their mark as a fresh, cutting-edge guitar ensemble. Performing classic popular covers, jazz standards and exciting originals, NWGG combines the acoustic and electric guitar to create their signature sound.

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

The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will host a free Family Fun Day. Join us for free activities, crafts, tours, and more. We’ll be exploring natural history illustration in our new exhibit, Birds, Bugs, and Blooms: Natural History Illustration from the 1500s–1800s, and making our own artistic creations.

All materials will be provided. The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not necessary.

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

Jack Herranen and the Little Red Band

Following on our Woody Guthrie tribute concert, Jack and friends return to the Laurel for an evening of songs chronicling the fight for labor and land. Primarily performing original material that has been shaped by working class struggles for justice and land-based hill culture, Jack and his comrades carry forth the legacy of Woody Guthrie and Sarah Ogun Gunning, Leadbelly and Don West, Hazel Dickens and Dorsey Dixon. Jack is joined by Samuel Harding (lead guitar), Shannon Williams (piano), Todd Gladson (multiple instruments, vocals), Frank Bronson (fiddle, vocals,) Kyle Campbell (mandolin, vocals), and Owen Reynolds (upright bass).

Tickets, if available, will be for sale at the door for $12.

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.

Fortepiano Residency Workshop:Haydn and Clementi Sonatinas: Defining the Classical Sound

Workshop for students and teachers of piano and organ; presented by University of Missouri-Columbia Piano Professor, Janice Wenger. Attendees will be able to briefly try the instrument at end of workshop.

At the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events. View additional UT Music concerts and events including all student recitals on the website.

The Museum of East Tennessee History offers free admission on Saturday, September 27, 2014, in celebration of Smithsonian magazine’s tenth annual Museum Day Live!

The event represents the commitment of the Smithsonian and other museums to make learning and the spread of knowledge accessible to everyone, giving museums across all 50 states the opportunity to emulate the admission policy of the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. Last year’s event drew more than 400,000 participants, and this year’s event expects record-high participation.

Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating museums for this one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. The Museum Day Live! ticket can be downloaded at smithsonian.com/museumdaylive.

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

Scruffy City Soirée 2014. The Standard, 416 West Jackson Avenue

The Scruffy City Soirée is our annual fall fundraiser, which provides support for many important Knox Heritage programs and services and makes it possible for the Knox Heritage staff to advocate every day for historic places in Knoxville and throughout the 16-county region. If you’ve attended the Scruffy City Soirée in the past, you know what a great night it is. Included in your ticket price is a delicious buffet dinner, wine & beer, and live entertainment. Our celebrity guest hosts get everyone pumped up before a live auction that features items and experiences you can’t get anywhere else! The silent auction offers unique local art, crafts, excursions and tours, and other surprises not found at other auctions.

Knox Heritage: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

R&M Tribute Entertainment present “Legend at The Grove” featuring Elvis Presley/Patsy Cline/Brenda Lee/Miranda Lambert and more. The entertainment will be held at High Places Community Church at The Grove (historical Grove Theater) located at 123 Randolph Street, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Admission is $15.00 per person. A portion of the show proceeds will be given to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and High Places Community Church. For advanced reserved seats contact Missy Miller at (865) 684-6082 or tribute.entertainment.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the door at 6:15 PM.

The show will feature Elvis Tribute Artists Ronnie Miller and Brandon E. Both Ronnie and Brandon E will perform a stage style tribute to the King of Rock n Roll -“Elvis Presley.” Jeri Kravat will perform as Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee. Karli Kravat will be performing Miranda Lambert and more.

Location for the event is High Places Community Church – The Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Street, Oak Ridge, TN.

Ugh: Writing A Love Poem Worth Reading

It can be simple. If you love the woman or man in bed with you, you turn your body towards them, and you speak the truth the best you know how. You comfort the great worry they have about you, about any jealousy, and you resolve to return your relationship to as close to an ecstatic state at you can. It's more complicated than all that, and in a great love poem (romantic, erotic, or other) it is never the straight line that delivers fireworks. A straight line is a quick exit. Who cares about a poem you can't live in for a little while? It took me a long time to figure out quite how a love poem could be equal parts transparent and transcendent.

Join us at Sundress from 1PM to 3PM on Saturday, September 27th at Firefly Farms in an exploration and practice of the successful traits of a contemporary love poem. What does it take to shoulder past the weight of a poetic genre that limps with history and missteps? How do we find the tether between good and bad love so that we can play with it? It doesn't have to appropriate or true to find the awesome nature of this pursuit, it just has to have the energy to be lived in long enough to be worth a damn. Bring your work with you, and we'll write some new things as well.

Come meet us live in person in Knoxville, TN. Many of your favorite StreetJelly musicians will be there, including the Godfather of SJ himself, Clifton Printy; his band-mate Jim from Don't Know Jac; Pete Bensen from Florida, and many more. Bring your guitars, everyone will jam! Of course, we'll stream it all live on StreetJelly.com, too!

Location: 17 Market Square, #101, Knoxville, TN 37902

Street Jelly Media, Inc: 615-970-7082 x101 or www.streetjelly.com