Calendar of Events

October 17, 19, 20, 26 & 27: 7:00-10:00 PM

Come and join the spirits for a tour of Downtown Knoxville’s scariest landmarks. The tours, which last approximately one and
a half hours each, will visit the sites of some of Knoxville’s best kept secrets. The tour will be about one and a half miles in length. All tours begin and end at James White’s Fort. Each tour will end with a marshmallow roast around the fires at the Fort.

James White's Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave, Knoxville, TN 37915. Information: 865-525-6514, www.jameswhitefort.org

Saturday, October 17, 7:30 PM and Sunday, October 18, 3:00 PM

GO! Contemporary Dance Works will begin its 13th season at the Clarence Brown Theatre with PUSH, a diverse and electric performance that will enthrall audiences of all ages. Among the works to be presented in PUSH is “Frequency” by guest choreographer Marlayna Locklear, who is currently performing with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. McKee will premiere a large, unprecedented work entitled “The Manifest” which explores the suppression of artistic individuality and free thinking by a single minded order. A large collaborative effort, McKee commissioned both Andre Hayter to compose the music score and the Bearden High School Art Honors Society to create artwork. GO! performance is suitable for all ages.

Adult tickets in advance $18 and $12.00 for children/students/seniors. Sunday, matinee at 3PM, October 18 will participate in Penny4Arts (see www.penny4arts.com). At the Clarence Brown Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Avenue on the UT Campus, Knoxville. Go! Contemporary Dance Works: 865-539-2475, www.gocontemporarydance.com

Join us at Sequoyah Birthplace Museum for a half price admission weekend - children 12 and under are free for this special weekend! Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians enrolled member, Dawn Arneach will be on hand all weekend to help with Cherokee genealogy. Stop by and listen to Lloyd Arneach tell Cherokee stories. We will also have a vendor on hand selling Cherokee crafts and books.

The museum is named for Sequoyah, a Cherokee, who could not read or write in any language, who perfected the Syllabary, a system for reading and writing the Cherokee language so that the nation and its heritage would live forever.

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, 576 Hwy 360, Vonore, TN 37885. Hours: M-Sa 9-5, Su 12-5. Information: 423-884-6246, www.sequoyahmuseum.org

The Black Box Concert Series takes place at the Sue E. Trotter Black Box Theater at The Arts Center, 320 North White St. in downtown Athens, Tennessee.

Opens on Friday, October 17th at The Arts Center with Ruth Moody Band. Critics have lauded Ruth Moody’s ethereal vocals, impressive multi-instrumentalism, and talent as a songwriter. Written with a maturity and wisdom that belies her age, her songs are sung with an intimacy and honesty that is unmistakably her own.

Athens Area Council for the Arts: 320 North White Street, Athens, TN, 37303. Info: 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org

Celebrating their second album together, Harris and Crowell, both Grammy winners, announced their national tour on May 15. The Clayton Center is excited to be a part of this tour and will open the season celebrating this duet.

The Traveling Kind follows the longtime friends’ first duet album, 2013’s Old Yellow Moon, which won Best Americana Album at the 56th annual Grammy Awards as well as two awards at the 2013 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Show, for Album of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information/tickets: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Celebrate Asian Culture with martial arts, music, dancing, authentic food, fashion, crafts, kids activities, and more! Celebrating its second annual event. Join everyone downtown for an exciting - and delicious! - celebration of all things Asian culture. The event is free, family friendly and FUN! In Krutch Park, adjacent to Market Square in downtown Knoxville.

Krutch Park, Downtown Knoxville
http://www.knoxasianfestival.com/

Mandolin Orange makes music that WNYC describes as being “laced with bluegrass, country and folk…often wistful and contemplative without being somber, and always firmly grounded in the South.”

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Tickets $10
The Knoxville Opera Company is the only opera company in the world that has its own Gospel Choir and is proud to present this concert of eclectic repertoire featuring outstanding local and visiting guest artists. The performance includes opera solo repertoire and traditional gospel choir and solo repertoire performed by soloists from the Knoxville Opera community and the Gospel Choir under the direction of Executive Director Maestro Brian Salesky and Jeanie Melton, music director of the Knoxville Opera Gospel Choir.

At the Community Church at Tellico Village, 130 Chota Center, Loudon, TN 37774. More information: 865-524-0795, http://www.knoxvilleopera.com/schedule/kochurch/

The FARE Walk for Food Allergy raises critical funds and awareness each year to support Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) in its mission to improve the quality of life and health of individuals with food allergies, and to provide them hope through the promise of new treatments.
Join FARE and the food allergy community in Knoxville to raise funds and awareness about this growing public health issues. The event will be held on October 17th, 2015 at World’s Fair Park. Check-in beginning at 8:30am with ceremony starting at 9:30am. Participants can register at www.foodallergywalk.org/knoxville2015.
In its inaugural year, the FARE Walk in Knoxville raised more than $18,000 with a goal of just $10,000 and saw over 300 participants. This year’s walk will be even bigger and better featuring a dedicated Kid’s Zone, a Teal Pumpkin Painting Station, a Halloween costume contest and more! This year’s Walk Chairs’ Becky Basalone and Amanda Painter of the local food allergy support and education group FACET (Food Allergy Community of East Tennessee) are dedicated to helping FARE produce a safe event where food-allergy families can come together for a day of networking and most of all...fun!

October 17th, 2015 at World’s Fair Park. Check-in beginning at 8:30am with ceremony starting at 9:30am. More information and registration at www.foodallergywalk.org/knoxville2015.

Student Showcase - October 17

Our annual student showcase will be held October 17 at 5pm. Come support our students as they show off all the new skills they learned this past year. A $5 donation at the door is appreciated.

Dragonfly Aerial Arts Studio
4504 Fennel Road
Knoxville, TN 37912
www.dragonflyaerialartsstudio.com/

Dre Hilton presents The Little People Big Dreams Show at the Knoxville Museum of Art, October 17, 2015 at 11:00AM. Dre Hilton is a singer, songwriter, and music producer who devotes all three talents into making music for children. In the summer of 2014, he released his first single titled “Yes I Can Can”. This song delivers a powerful message telling kids they can do anything and can be anyone they want to be. This song is featured on his latest CD, titled “ Little People Big Dreams”. His music inspires kids to dream big and to reach for their goals. He is taking his music and message around the world. He is touring schools, churches, and youth organizations. On October 17th, Dre Hilton will be performing music from his latest CD live at the Knoxville Museum of Art and tickets are only $1 !!! . Our youth need as many positive role models as possible in a world of chaos, and they need to know that no matter what situation they are facing today, they can do anything, be anything, and that there is hope for a great future!
Tickets only at drehilton.com.
October 17, 2015 at 11:00AM.
Knoxville Museum of Art, 10509 World's Park, Knoxville, TN 37916

The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association is pleased to present the Stiletto Brass Quintet at the First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge. The Stiletto Brass Quintet, formed in 2010, features five highly accomplished women with careers spanning the fields of orchestral, wind band, and brass chamber music. They include Amy Gilreath and Cathy Leach, trumpets; Misty Tolle, French horn; Nicole Abissi, trombone; and Velvet Brown, tuba.

The Quintet has gained exposure as a leading ensemble with performances that audiences have greeted with rousing ovations at the International Women's Brass Conference, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the National Trumpet Competition, the Great American Brass Band Festival, and with Doc Severinsen and the Heartland Festival Orchestra.

The concert will include beloved music by Giacomo Puccini and Jean-Phillippe Rameau, and will also include new music from Drew Bonner, commissioned by the Stiletto Brass Quintet. Tickets are $25 for adults; $10 for young adults and youth (ages 29 and under). The Stiletto Brass Quintet’s appearance is made possible by the generous support of Chuck and Nancy Coutant, in memory of Nancy Coutant’s father, Wilson T. Boerstler, a lifelong trumpet player.

Oak Ridge Civic Music Association info and tickets: 865-483-5569, www.orcma.org