Calendar of Events

It’s that time again! All 30 of Goodwill Industries-Knoxville’s retail stores are putting out their Halloween costumes as they prepare for the Halloween season. Each store has an abundance of manufactured costumes, often still in original packaging, for a quick grab-and-go Halloween look. For those feeling more creative, there’s plenty of clothes in the stores that could be easily turned into a costume – find creative ideas from Goodwill at www.gwiktn.org/Halloween.
Once you’ve picked your costume, be sure to enter it into the Ghoulishly Goodwill Costume Contest for your chance to win prizes from the Knoxville Zoo!
How to submit:
To enter to the Ghoulishly Goodwill Costume contest, participants must submit their entry by October 25, 2015 in any one of the following ways.
• Post to the Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Facebook Page – facebook.com/gwiktn
• Post the picture on Twitter and tag @GWIKTN.
• Post the picture on Instagram and tag @goodwillknoxville.
• E-mail the image to our Marketing Team at marketingteam@gwiktn.org
All entries should include a photo, a brief description of their costumes and the Goodwill purchases used to make them. Costumes must be created from Goodwill materials to be eligible to win.
The prizes:
Submitted photos will be posted on the Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Facebook page on Monday, October 26th. Prizes will be awarded based on the number of “likes” they receive on Facebook by 8am on Monday, November 2nd.
• Grand Prize – A family membership to the Knoxville Zoo
• 2nd Prize – A family 4-pack of tickets to the Knoxville Zoo
• 3rd Prize – Two tickets to the Knoxville Zoo
For more information about the contest, visit www.gwiktn.org/Halloween or any of the Goodwill Industries-Knoxville social media sites. Make sure to take your new costume to Boo at the Zoo to celebrate, and don’t forget to vote for your favorite costumes Halloween week!

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/

Thursdays and Fridays 2PM-7PM and Saturdays 2PM-5PM through the month of October

Need something for Halloween? Need something for your school play? A dance recital? Need a base costume to build on and get creative with? Are you a Playhouse actor who wants that certain costume you wore onstage? If you answer yes to any of these, Oak Ridge Playhouse can help you out with our Big Costume Sale! In order to improve on-site storage and make some facility upgrades, we are reducing the inventory of costume stock. Hundreds and hundreds of garments are going up for sale. We are offering a lot of a little bit of everything: full costumes, partial costumes, vintage, formal, bridal, holiday, and many one-of-a-kind items available. NOTHING OVER $15!

Cash or Valid Credit Card only. NO PERSONAL CHECKS. Don't wait too late. Shop early for best selection! Costume Shop is located on the east side of the Playhouse facility.

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

Enjoy free concerts on Market Square from 7pm to 9pm on Thursdays during the Fall Market Square Concert Series.

October 8 - Louise Mosrie and Cliff Eberhardt - Folk/Americana
October 15 - Jesse Gregory - Bluegrass Americana
October 22 - Knoxville's Finest Band - Pop
October 29 - Handsome in the Humbles - Alt-Country, Americana, Folk Rock

To stay updated on bands and cancellations due to weather, check out the Special Events Facebook page.

BOO! at the Zoo presented by U.S. Cellular® kicks off Knoxville’s largest Halloween event. Knoxville’s largest Halloween event features 12 nights of safe and not-too-scary fun scheduled over three weekends, Thursdays through Sundays, 5:30-8:00 p.m. each evening. BOO! at the Zoo, a Halloween tradition for 29 years, is a family event featuring trick-or-treating through the zoo along the BOO! Trail, the Chick-fil-A Monster Mash tent with fun that’s perfect for preschool and elementary-aged event-goers, friendly costumed characters and entertainers throughout the zoo, the Carni-GROWL, an all-new carnival-themed activity area and the only “haunted” carousel in East Tennessee, the Scary-Go-Round. (How can you tell it’s haunted? It goes backwards, of course.)

Boo! at the Zoo tickets are $8 per person. Children under two are admitted free. Parking is $5. Tickets are available at in advance by phone at (865) 637-5331, online at knoxvillezoo.org and at the zoo’s ticket office during regular zoo hours. Knoxville Zoo members receive a $2 discount on admission tickets and free parking. U.S. Cellular customers can show their U.S. Cellular phone and receive $2 off BOO! at the Zoo admission.

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

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris will hold its Fall Porch Sale starting Thursday, October 8, and running for about two weeks. The Porch Sale features outdated stock, seconds, student crafts and unjuried work by members of the Craft Center. It’s an excellent time to get great deals. There will also be baked goods for sale!

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is a nonprofit center that has been fulfilling its mission by promoting traditional artists and crafts in the East Tennessee area for 40 years. Currently the center has about 70 crafters who sell in the shop.

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

Reception: Monday, October 5, 5:30 - 7pm in the Ewing Gallery

This exhibition posits an approach and a vision for architecture at the urban scale within the contemporary post-metropolitan condition. The project assembles a multi-year investigation that examines extant and emerging urban systems within the Great Lakes Megaregion, and a develops a speculative design proposition to leverage energy and mobility infrastructures toward new urban futures. www.rvtr.com

Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

"Perceptions" exhibit by Brandon and Elizabeth Shinn in the Blackberry Farm and William "Ed" Harmon Galleries. Galleries are open 9am-6pm. Reception will be October 30 from 6pm-8pm as part of the Last Friday Art Walk.

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

Reception: October 5, 3-5 p.m.

Knoxville Watercolor Society presents selected artwork reflecting the diversity and creativity of its members’ current watercolor pieces .For more information about the Knoxville Watercolor Society, membership requirement,s and to view members' art works, go to www.knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Bagwell Center Gallery hours: M-F 10-6:30. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

The art work of 25 artists will include sculpture, fiber arts, glass, painting, photography, mixed media, and woodworking. www.townsendartisanguild.org

An opening reception is Friday, October 9, 6:00-9:00.

A closing reception, in association with the Last Friday Art Walk of Maryville will be Friday, October 30, 6:00-9:00.

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

The McMinn County Living Heritage Museum invites you to join us for our 2015 Quilt Show, "A World of Fabrics", October 3 - October 31, 2015.

October 3, 11:00AM, Opening Reception & Awards Presentation
October 10, 11:00AM, Lecture/Trunk Show by Linda Roy from Knoxville, TN
October 14, 10:30AM, Quilt Study Group with Hall of Fame Quilter: Merikay Waldvogel
Other special guests: Helen Willis & Cindy Stuart
October 17, 10:AM, Class by Judy Wurm from Chattanooga, TN
October 25, 2:00PM, A presentation by a Japanese Group is planned (subject to change)

Categories: Antique pieced, Antique appliqued, "Modern" quilts, Small bed quilts, Wall hangings, Contemporary pieced quilts, Mixed technique, Group quilts (by 3 or more) and First quilts

October 3-31, McMinn County Living Heritage Museum
522 West Madison Avenue, Athens, TN 37303
Museum Hours:
Tuesday - Friday (10 am -5 pm);
Saturday (10 am -4 pm)
Call 423-745-0329 or visit our website for further detail:
http://www.livingheritagemuseum.com/

Bliss Home is pleased to present Local Nostalgia, by Knoxville artist Christi Shields, for October's First Friday. Bliss Home, located at 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception on Friday, October 2nd from 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary treats from Wild Love Bakehouse will be provided and Christi's art will be featured for the month of October.

Growing up in the Knoxville area, Christi takes great pride in how far our “scruffy little city” has come. Knoxville is growing by leaps and bounds through the interest and support of local businesses, farmers, products, music and art. Observing the movement to support “local” gives Christi personal justification for her inspiration to create work through a sentimental lens. Sometimes there is just no need to look further than your own “back yard.”

Local Nostalgia is a collection of work that highlights a few nostalgic moments reflecting Christi's own experiences. It is intended to evoke a sense of nostalgia or feeling in the viewer through the use of local themes, bold complimentary colors and expressive brush strokes. Christi uses a very action oriented process with mixed media on wood support to create interest, depth, texture, movement and vintage flair.

Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-329-8868, www.shopinbliss.com