Calendar of Events

Market Square, downtown Knoxville
HoLa Festival Kick Off with Latino Band, dancing, and entertainment
Official web site: www.holafestival.org

The annual HoLa Festival kickoff will begin at 7:00 PM at Market Square featuring live Hispanic music, dancing and other entertainment. Admission is free and will end at 10:00 PM

HoLa Hora Latina, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-335-3358, www.holafestival.org

Bluegrass and blues come together at the ninth annual Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival at Cove Lake State Park in Caryville, Tenn. The festival’s variety of musical styles convey East Tennessee’s rich musical tradition and honor the adventurous, pioneering spirit of festival namesake Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong (1909-2003), who spent his early youth in LaFollette and became a world-renowned musician and artist.

East Tennessee native Steve Gulley brings his new band New Pinnacle to perform songs from their new CD, Leaving Crazy Town. Gulley has been involved in the festival for several years as a headliner at the pre-festival Sounds Like Home concert. This year, he performs at Louie Bluie under the newly renamed Sounds Like Home tent.

Grammy-winning blues guitarist and songwriter Alvin “Youngblood” Hart performs with his band. In 1998, Hart shared a stage in his native Oakland, Calif., with Armstrong when the elder man was 89 years old. Both were nominated for WC Handy Awards (now known as the Blues Music Awards, presented by the Blues Foundation) in 2000.

Performers at the Ninth Annual Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival are:

Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle
Alvin “Youngblood” Hart’s Muscle Theory
The Armstrong Legacy Trio featuring Howard’s son Ralphe and long-time collaborators Ray Kamalay and John Reynolds Pinnacle Mountain Boys Reunion featuring Don Gulley Sparky & Rhonda Rucker Emi Sunshine The New River Boys Will Boyd & Kelle Jolly Maggie Longmire Keith Brown & The Blue Print Y'uns Jugband Tennessee Schmaltz Dixieghost

The festival also includes its annual re-enactment of the Old-Time Fiddlers Convention with guest fiddlers acting out the historic competition held for many decades in LaFollette. Cumberland Trail director Bobby Fulcher leads this fun tribute. Additional performers and stage schedules will be released closer to the festival date and posted online at LouieBluie.org.

Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival features a juried Craft Village, area food vendors, a Kids’ Zone, a judged art and quilt show including the handiwork of area students and non-professional artists.

Admission to Louie Bluie is free. Donations at the gate are encouraged to support Campbell Culture Coalition, the non-profit community arts organization that puts on the festival. For more information, visit LouieBluie.org.

At UT Gardens, 252 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: (865) 974-8265, http://utgardens.tennessee.edu/

What do you get when you combine the glorious sounds of gospel and the magnificence of opera? Multiple standing ovations by a large crowd who have shouted “hallelujah” at the previous performances of Knoxville Opera Goes to Church!

More details TBA!

At Greater Warner Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church, 3800 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue Knoxville, TN 37914. More information: 865-524-0795, http://www.knoxvilleopera.com/schedule/kochurch/

Much like the beautiful homes of the Old North, Oakwood, Lincoln Park, and Fourth & Gill neighborhoods, beer has a rich and flavorful history - a history that needs to be celebrated and preserved. Please join Old North’s neighborhood pub, Central Flats & Taps, and Knox Heritage as we honor the golden malt from the gods! Bierfest is an outdoor beer festival featuring 14 local and regional breweries; each brewery offering a variety of specialty beers. Custom drinkware is provided at check in. Rain or shine, kegs will be tapped and glasses lifted to support a worthy cause. 100% of net proceeds will be donated to Knox Heritage. Please purchase tickets online at www.knoxheritage.org or in person at Central Flats & Taps. General Admission Tickets are $25. VIP Package Tickets: $40 and includes access to the beer festival one hour earlier than general admission ticketholders, access throughout the festival to Relix Variety Theatre for air-conditioned restrooms, the UT/Florida game on a huge screen, and tasty game-day food. Day-of ticket prices: General Admission $35, VIP $50

Info: (865) 523-8008, http://knoxheritage.org/events/bierfest-2015-pints-for-preservation

Hello Stranger includes Dale, his wife Teresa, and long time friend Oscar Harris. Singer and musician Dale Jett is a native of Southwest Virginia. The son of Janette Carter and the grandson of A.P. and Sara Carter. Dale and Oscar have been musical partners and friends for over
twenty years. Teresa joined them a few years back and the three have been playing and recording together ever since. The Carter Family influence is evident as they continue the unbroken circle of music that Dale grew up with. Dale Jett: http://www.dalejett.com

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information/tickets: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org.

Join us for free a free Family Fun Day featuring activities, crafts, tours, and more. We’ll explore our special exhibit, Embodying Enlightenment: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas. All materials will be provided. The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not necessary. http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/events/family-fun-day-embodying-enlightenment/

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

If variety really is the spice of life, music lovers will especially enjoy the 71st season of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association for 2015-2016. Music Director Dan Allcott has planned a season of Baroque to Modern, American Salute to “Merry Olde England”, and more.

The season opener will take place in the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge TN 37830. The concert will include Haydn’s Symphony no. 104, the “London” performed by the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra. The Oak Ridge Chorus will join the symphony in Handel’s Coronation Anthem “Zadok the Priest”, directed by Seth Maples. Soloist for the evening, Dr. Wesley Baldwin, professor of cello at UT, will perform Elgar’s beloved Cello concerto in A minor. Ticket prices begin at $10 for Young Adults, ages 18-30, Adults $25.00. Children are free. Details at www.orcma.org, or call 865-483-5569 for tickets and subscription information.

DISCOVER LIFE IN AMERICA presents the THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS SALAMANDER BALL IN Knoxville, TENNESSEE – Saturday September 26,, 2015- 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Knoxville Zoo.

You are invited to join the many Great Smoky Mountain National Park supporters and admirers in our celebration of the discovery of life in some of our country's most biologically diverse mountainous national parks. The Great Smoky Mountains Salamander Ball is a masquerade ball and fundraiser for Discover Life in America to help celebrate the wondrous biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This event is for adults and children of all ages so come dressed as your favorite Smokies’critter!

The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory or ATBI is a unique ecological undertaking to find and document every species in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, from ferns and fungi to birds and beetles. The effort began in 1998 and is serving as a model for efforts to document the diversity of life throughout the nation—at other national parks, state parks, and in other preserves, large and small. To date, more than 900 species have been identified that are new to science and over 8,000 species have been identified that are new records for the Smokies!

Entertainment includes: Live Music by Vibraslaps, Appearance by Big Red the giant salamander, A Smokies’ Critter Parade, Hors d’oeuvres by Holly’s Eventful Dining
Wine and Beer, Families will receive a signed Great Smokies Salamander Ball book.

Saturday September 26, 2015, 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Knoxville Zoo,
3500 Knoxville Zoo Dr, Knoxville, TN 37914
For more details visit www.dlia.org. Questions and/or to register please contact Todd Witcher, at Discover Life in America, 865-430-4757 or e-mail at todd@dlia.org.

The Emporium Center, located at 100 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville, will open its doors on Saturday, September 26, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s eleventh annual Museum Day Live! On this day only, participating museums across the United States emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based facilities, which offer free admission every day, and open their doors for free to those who download a Museum Day Live! ticket. The event represents Smithsonian’s commitment to make learning and the spread of knowledge accessible to everyone. The Museum Day Live! ticket is available for download at www.Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive.

“Although the Emporium Center offers free admission throughout the week, we are participating in Museum Day Live! to bring more awareness to the event and partner with other area museums who are participating, such as Marble Springs State Historic Site, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, the Museum of East Tennessee History, and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame,” said Liza Zenni, Executive Director of the Arts & Culture Alliance. “The day also gives visitors the opportunity to enjoy The Emporium Center galleries and see its artists at work on a Saturday when we aren’t normally open to the public.”

On September 26, the Emporium Center will feature these exhibitions:
+ "Conversations: Portraits and Other Work" by Emily Taylor
+ The Artists of Fine Arts Blount
+ Terra Madre: Women in Clay
+ "Drawn In" - New Work/Installation by Amye Hand
+ Acrylic Paintings by Jake Livesay

Museum Day Live! tickets are available for download at www.Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. For more information about Museum Day Live! 2015 and a list of participating museums and cultural institutions, please visit www.Smithsonian.com/museumday/venues.

Saturday, September 26, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
The Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit www.theemporiumcenter.com.

Strange passengers that vanish from cars, men with hooks for hands, and a quiet railroad crossing where a stalled car will be pushed from the tracks by unseen hands. Urban legends and ghost stories have long been the stories we tell to each other before we decide to write our own tales. But why abandon these early stories that still make us check the back seat before we get into the car by ourselves, or avoid saying a name three times into the mirror? More importantly, why abandon stories that are so rooted in place? In this workshop, we’ll return to these ghost stories and legends, talking about the versions of the stories we each remember and taking inspiration from these old bits of place and superstition to assemble new stories about place, identity, and the things that go bump in the night.

This workshop will take place at the Sundress Academy for the Arts in Knoxville. Snacks and beverages provided. Tickets available here for only $25!

Emily Capettini is the author of the chapbook Thistle (Omnidawn, 2015), winner of Omnidawn’s 2013 Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Prize, and her fiction is most recently upcoming in Menacing Hedge. Emily works as an Assistant Editor for Sundress Publications, Literary Arts Director for Sundress Academy for the Arts, and teaches English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In her free time, she runs, bakes, and blogs about women and Doctor Who.

Sundress Academy for the Arts: 195 Tobby Hollow Ln, Knoxville, TN 37931, 865-560-6106, www.sundresspublications.com/safta

From humble beginnings came this home-grown, family event that strives to associate community members with local businesses, artists, crafters, and musicians of the area.

North Central St between Baxter Ave and Scott Ave. Featuring food trucks, local artisans and vendors, Tai Chi rummage sale, kids activities, Knoxville Zoo animals, bounce house, live music, photo booth, motorcycle show, and more!
https://www.facebook.com/happyhollerpaloozastreetfair