Calendar of Events

The exhibit, Made in Tennessee: Manufacturing Milestones, at the Museum of East Tennessee History through April 4, chronicles the history of manufacturing and manufacturers in Tennessee over the past two-and a-half centuries. A companion student K-12 curriculum has been developed and is available for teachers and students. As with all exhibitions and programs developed by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Museum of East Tennessee History, Made in Tennessee features a “grassroots” approach, turning to communities and individuals across the state for help in identifying content and artifacts.

The exhibition begins at the workstation of Knoxville Glove Company employee Margaret Newcomb, who personally sewed more than 10,800,000 industrial gloves from 1953-2013. Visitors are invited to “clock in and out” using a time card and an authentic time clock and will enjoy more than 80 artifacts of iconic Tennessee products, from Jack Daniels to JFG coffee to an Alladdin/Stanley thermos to an employee-signed hood of a Volkswagen. The perimeter of the exhibit includes 20 “Did You Know?” facts about manufacturing in Tennessee, such as did you know that Mastercraft, the world’s largest producer of ski, wakeboard, and luxury performance power boats, built their first ski boat in a two-stall horse barn in Maryville in 1968? Visitors will encounter other surprising facts: Did you know that in 1810, there were 14,000 registered distillers in the state, producing some 25.5 million gallons a year? Intriguing is the fact that by 1980, the Marathon was the only car that had been produced completely in the state, yet by 2010, Tennessee was the “#1 state in car manufacturing strength.” Following its run at the Museum of East Tennessee History, Knoxville, the exhibit will be made available to museums across the state through 2017.

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 classic heartwarming story of a widowed Kansas farmer with two children who places an ad in the newspapers seeking a wife. He receives a response from a Sarah Wheaton of Maine who says she will visit the family for a month to see how things work out saying “I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall." The joys and challenges of everyday life are richly depicted in this exquisite, sometimes painfully touching tale.

OCTOBER 4 at 1 PM and 4 PM
OCTOBER 5 at 2 PM

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

This popular annual show and competition spon- sored by the Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers Asso- ciation, Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers Supply and the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center will take place on October 4th and 5th at the Center. New: Chainsaw Carving demonstrations.

Hours for the show are:
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
and Sunday from Noon to 4:00 p.m. Public admission is $4.00 per person.

More than 300 entries are expected from woodcarvers from at least 6 states with categories of competition in Novice, Intermediate and Open with winners receiving ribbons and cash awards.

Woodcarvers will be set up onsite to offer demonstrations or to display and sell their carvings. Woodcarving tools, equipment and teaching aids will also be available to purchase during the festival.
For more information visit www.woodcarvers.com,
email chrisrayburn@charter.net or call 865.309.0690.

Begins at 10:00pm (gates will open at 9:00pm). Future workshops in this series will occur on December 13. Details TBA.

This event is free, but donations are appreciated. Participants are welcome to bring their own telescopes, but telescopes will be available for use during the workshops. Participants are encouraged to bring a flashlight (preferably with a red setting) and a chair if they would like to sit.

Marble Springs: 1220 West Gov. John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-573-5508, www.marblesprings.net

Union County's 10th Annual Heritage Festival
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Wilson Park, Maynardville, Tennessee
10:00am - 4:00pm

The Union County Heritage Festival is a free celebration of the county’s heritage; it will feature all-day entertainment, fine arts and handmade crafts, Quilt and Fine Arts show, children’s activities and a variety of tantalizing foods and beverages—many having an Appalachian Mountain flavor. The Festival will be located at beautiful Wilson Park, behind Union County High School. The Art and Quilt Show will be at the Roy Acuff Union Museum & Library on Hwy 33.

http://www.unioncountyheritagefestival.com/

While using your own computer, you will access vast numbers of records for the following types: military (Revolution, 1812, Mexican, Civil, Indian, World Wars I & II), pension, city directories, homestead, naturalization, early passports, and native Americans. Instructor: Eric Head, BA, and/or Dr. George Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Limited to 22 participants. Pre-registration is required; begins September 22, 2014. Please call 865-215-8809 to register.

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

2014 Tennessee Football. UT vs. Florida home game in Knoxville, TN.

Neyland Stadium: 1235 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37916, www.utsports.com

On October 4, UT plays against Florida. Before the game, UT's College of Arts and Sciences presents the Pregame Showcase, featuring Misty G. Anderson, Professor, Department of English, D. Allen Carroll Chair of Teaching. The title of her talk is “Methodism and Eighteenth-Century Theatre”
The Pregame Showcase is a public lecture series scheduled two hours before each home football game at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The program features 30-minute presentations by all-star faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences on topics related to their field of expertise, followed by a 10- to 15-minute question-and-answer period. The carefully timed programs allow football fans to have plenty of time to enjoy the lecture and still get to the stadium by kickoff.
Football games attract a larger and more diverse audience to campus than any other single activity, and everyone is welcome to attend the Pregame Showcase, including fans from the opposing teams.
The Pregame Showcase starts 2 hours before kickoff in the University Center Ballroom (Room 213) and is free and open to the public. A reception for our guests will follow the program.
http://www.higherground.utk.edu/pregame-showcase/

Black Box Theater
Friday October 3rd, 2014
6:00 PM

Cumberland Hispanic Festival
Cumberland Playhouse
Saturday October 18th, 2014
3:00 PM


Black Box Theater
Friday November 7th, 2014
6:00 PM


Black Box Theater
Friday December 4th, 2014
6:00 PM

International Festival Children Museum
February 21st, 2015
AM

Pasión Flamenca: 865-202-0740, www.flamencowestknox.com

Opening Reception October 3, 6:30-8:00 PM - everyone welcome!
Details TBA

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

Inna Nasonova, who paints in oils, and fiber artist Elaine Fronczek, both of Knoxville, are the Art Market Gallery’s featured artists for October. Their recent works will be on exhibit at The Art Market Gallery through Nov. 2, with an opening reception to be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, during the monthly First Friday Art Walk in downtown Knoxville. At the opening reception visitors may enjoy complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Living Room Roots.

Owned and operated by about 60 professional regional artists, the Art Market Gallery, at 422 South Gay St., is a few doors from Mast General Store and next to Downtown Grill & Brewery. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. The gallery is wheelchair accessible, and parking in the abutting garage and on the street is free on weekends and after 6 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 865-525-5265, or visit artmarketgallery.net, or facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

"Where Water Used to Be" a small show of work by Jean Hess in the display case in the Emporium.

Artist Statement: Jean Hess
Water is a precious resource that is threatened in so many ways. Pollution, diversion, waste -- the water of the earth needs protection. We all know that large communities like the Anasazi of the Southwest left their homes because water sources disappeared. The "Remote Sensing" series of collage paintings references the trope of aerial imaging -- used in archeology to identify traces of ancient habitations -- to create patterns suggesting ancient settlements abandoned because of lost water resources.

I like the idea of a remote vantage point -- removed, impartial -- from which to view very emotional issues. That and the overall haze of filtered light suggest my own personal preference for viewing from a distance. This is a very oblique way of making a political statement, and that suits me because I would prefer to make attractive, compelling images rather than depict negative things.

This show, "Where Water Used to Be," continues the "Remote Sensing" work and expands upon it with small sculptures, assdemblages and collections of detritus from the imagined settlements that were abandoned when water ran out. These are whimsical, hard to explain fully, as though they are the sorts of things archeologists refer to as "problematic forms." I like to imagine that some of them are sympathetic magic implements for conjuring water, or holding on to water resources that may be dwindling.

For my collage paintings I experiment with various techniques and materials to create a compelling surface, looking for simplicity and a hazy overall atmosphere. Imagery typically appears to float on the surface. I use multiple [often 30-40] layers of clear resin in between thin scrims of paint with collage elements, graphite lines or pressed flowers; this creates a refractive surface that lets light enter and bounce back. I work in series that address particular issues and feelings, and yet most of my paintings end up looking like aerial landscapes or else water surfaces. Sometimes one melds into the other and that is meaningful because if the work is "about" anything at all it is about the beauty and vulnerability of the natural world.

The artifacts are all constructed from found objects that I have been hoarding for a long time. They have in common a connection to water, if only in my imagination.

Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Additional special hours are posted at www.theemporiumcenter.com/visit.html. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.