Calendar of Events

Join the Knox County Epworth Singers for a monthly sing from the New Harp of Columbia.
No experience necessary. All are welcome to participate or listen and loaner books are available.

Sunday, October 11, at 6:30 PM.
Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37916
www.oldharp.org or 865 673 5822.

Highlight different animals coinciding with their National Animal Days. Each features special Adopt-An-Animal promotions, crafts and activities centered around that month's animal, keeper chats and special members-only give-aways and prize drawings.

Any guest you bring receives a $5 discount on membership purchased that day.

Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.knoxville-zoo.org

Each Second Sunday of the month at 2pm, docents offer free guided tours of Higher Ground, Currents, and traveling exhibitions to the public. In order to reach a broader audience the KMA offers Spanish speaking tours once a month at 3pm.

Additionally, the KMA will host FREE drop-in art activities for families. A local artist will be on-site to lead hands-on art activities between 1pm and 4pm on the second Sunday of each month.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris is hosting a Chili Supper including traditional music and a silent auction from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, at the Norris Community Building. The cost is $10 for homemade chili, cornbread, dessert, and drink. Those wanting their meal served in a handcrafted pottery bowl, can do so for only $25. Handmade crafts, services, and other items will be up for bid at a silent auction.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center: 2716 Andersonville Highway, Clinton, TN. Hours: M-Sa 10-6, Su 1-5. Information: 865-494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net

In celebration of International Archaeology Day and National Fossil Day, the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee, and the Archaeological Institute of America, East Tennessee Society, are hosting this event for families and the public. A number of activities for children, including games, demonstrations, and take home crafts related to archaeology and fossils will be available. Visitors can also bring artifacts, rocks, and fossils for identification by experts. Archaeologists, paleontologists, and geologists will be on hand to talk with visitors about their work, and present displays about their research around the world. All activities are free and open to the public. http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/events/can-you-dig-it-national-archaeology-fossil-day/

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

The University of Tennessee School of Music is excited to announce the first installment of this year's Ready for the World Music Series in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Cultural exhibits, displays, and a reception will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the lobby, followed by a musical presentation at 2:00 p.m. in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall. This program is centered around the rich and diverse music from Latin America, and the special guest artists will be the Cuarteto Latinoamericano. The Cuarteto Latinoamericano is one of the world's most renowned classical music ensembles acclaimed for its performances of the standard string quartet repertoire, and for more than thirty years, the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet.

The University of Tennessee's Ready for the World Music Series brings renowned artists to perform and talk about musical styles and literature from diverse regions around the world. Faculty and guest artists will discuss the classical music traditions from each of those regions, followed by a performance of representative samples. Each program is designed to demonstrate the rich musical influences each of these regions have had on the traditions of western classical music. Also included will be exhibits by artists, a display of cultural artifacts and information, as well as refreshments that represent the culinary diversity of the regions. Exhibitors this year will include the George F. DeVine Music Library, Hora Latina, Susan Esrequis, Astrid Galindo, Maria de la Orden, Rosalina Tipton, and Hector Saldivar. RE Toledo, author and lecturer in the UT Spanish Department, will be presenting her new anthology of Spanish works in parallel English text, Nos Pasamos de la Raya = We Crossed the Line.

The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. For more information, visit music.utk.edu/rftw or contact Dr. Miroslav Hristov at hristov@utk.edu or 865-974-7535.

John Brock; organ
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public.
The Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. *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

Studio student recital
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public.
The Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. *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

Pumpkins and falling leaves and cool, crisp Autumn air… Oh My! Harvest time is here and at Ijams, we want you to help us celebrate. Join us on October 11th from 10am-4pm as we enjoy amazing music, storytelling, the annual fairy house festival, hikes, special workshops and speakers, kids crafts, pumpkin carving and decorating, festive foods and more.

Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 4-12, kids 3 and under are free. If you come to the Harvest Festival, you will receive free admission to our Americana Music Night that evening starting at 4pm.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is excited to present visiting writers Michael Albright and Julie Brooks Barbour. This month's event will take place at The Birdhouse, on the corner of Fourth and Gill!

Michael Albright has published poems in various journals, includingStirring, Rust + Moth, Tar River Poetry, Pembroke Magazine, Cider Press Review, Revolver, Moon City Review, Pretty Owl, Uppagus, and the chapbook In the Hall of Dead Birds and Viking Tools (Finishing Line, 2015). He also curates the "Under the Sign of the Bear Reading Series" in Pittsburgh. He lives on a windy hilltop near Greensburg, PA. with his wife Lori and an ever-changing array of children and other animals.

Julie Brooks Barbour received an MFA in Creative Writing from UNC-Greensboro. She is a recipient of an Artist Enrichment Grant from Kentucky Foundation for Women and a residency at Sundress Academy for the Arts. Her books include a full-length collection,Small Chimes (Aldrich Press, 2014), and three chapbooks, most recentlyBeautifully Whole (Hermeneutic Chaos Press, 2015). Her poems have appeared inFour Way Review, diode, storySouth, Waccamaw, Prime Number Magazine, burntdistrict, Stirring, The Rumpus, Midwestern Gothic, andVerse Daily. She is co-editor ofBorder Crossing and Poetry Editor at Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. She teaches writing at Lake Superior State University.

As always, the SAFTA Reading Series is free and open to the public! Info: 865-560-6106, www.sundresspublications.com/safta

Diana Roger's mixed media/assemblage art work is on exhibit at the Bird-Feeder Gallery in October. Please join us for the opening reception this coming Friday, October 9th from 6-9 at the Birdhouse 800 N. Fourth St. in the Fourth & Gill neighborhood.

My recent work is mixed media / assemblage created using a combination of traditional art materials and found objects from both the natural world and my urban surroundings. In the past I've made work that was, more often than not, expressive and very colorful but, with these newer pieces, I've made a concerted effort to strip down my usual style and create a subtler, more minimalist aesthetic. I don't have a particular theme or message in mind when I create but I have been making more of an effort, recently, to simply find things that are visually interesting and stimulating within my immediate surroundings. Because of this the work feels personal but it is also my attempt to communicate with other individuals who are also attempting to find beauty and artistic satisfaction in their everyday lives.

Please check the Birdhouse Community Center schedule of events for open hours at birdhouseknoxville.com. or call Gerry Moll at 480-239-0506 to make a special viewing appointment.

Birdhouse, 800 N 4th Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: http://birdhouseknoxville.com/

This year’s beloved and historic three-day event will take place on October 9-11th, with more than 70 national, regional and local musicians booked to perform on five rustic outdoor stages, throughout the pastoral grounds of the Museum of Appalachia. Music enthusiasts come from all over the United States, Canada and Europe to experience this annual tradition, now in its 36th year.

Lineup includes: the Del McCoury Band, JD Crowe and the New South-Reunion, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Balsam Range, the Gibson Brothers, the Boxcars, Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers, Kenny and Amanda Smith, Josh Goforth and many, many more.

Visit the Museum of Appalachia’s website, www.museumofapppalachia.org or the Tennessee Fall Homecoming Facebook Page for breaking details. See the full list of artists as booking progresses, get up-to-date festival information, find answers to FAQs, get directions and more.