Calendar of Events

The East Tennessee Community Design Center will present the Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award to Ashley Capps at the 2015 Award Celebration. The Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award is granted to individuals the ETCDC believes have demonstrated a commitment to building a better future for this region. The award is a tribute to the legacy of architect Bruce McCarty and the contributions he made to this region through his vision as the leading founder of the ETCDC, through his professional accomplishments, and the many lives he touched throughout his career. Mr. Capps will join past recipients of the award, which include David Dewhirst, Randy and Jenny Boyd, Carol Evans, and Paul James.

Ashley Capps is well known internationally for his amazing work as a music promoter and founder of AC Entertainment. In addition to highly successful festivals and concerts, Mr. Capps is a strong promoter of the arts and the importance of arts and design for quality of life and economic success of communities. His 'Bonnaroo Works Fund' contributes over $200,000/year to non-profit projects to support music, education and sustainability. The Knoxville native's accomplishments include the internationally-acclaimed Big Ears Festival, wildly-popular Bonnaroo Music Festival, and managing bookings for the Tennessee and Bijou Theatres.

Tickets: $150 each; $1000 for table of 8, and can be purchased by calling 865-525-9945.

At the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Tickets/info:865-525-9945, leslie@communitydc.org, www.etcdc.org

Golden boys of the post-grunge era, Third Eye Blind are bringing their pop take on 90’s rock to the Tennessee Theatre!

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com

A Brown Bag Lecture by Dr. John M. Scheb

Edward T. Sanford was a Knoxville native and University of Tennessee alumnus who served as Eastern District of Tennessee Judge and Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice. John Scheb will tell us about Sanford’s remarkable life. He was a civic leader in Knoxville and an important influence on state politics, and in the 1920s Justice Sanford articulated significant interpretations in defense of civil liberties, including freedom of speech and the press. Dr. Scheb is a professor of political science at the University of Tennessee and faculty fellow at the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy.

At the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. For more information on the lecture, exhibitions, or museum hours, call 865-215-8824. http://www.easttnhistory.org/events/knoxvilles-us-supreme-court-justice-life-edward-t-sanford-1865-1930-brown-bag-lecture-dr-john

Marble City Opera will present Ghosts of Crosstown by librettist Jerre Dye at Scruffy City Hall in Knoxville during National Opera Week. This production will feature some of Knoxville’s favorite talent including bass-baritone, Brandon J. Gibson who will be singing a powerful opera from the cycle entitled Movin’ Up. Marble City Opera was founded in May of 2013 and continues to make waves in the Knoxville music scene by making opera accessible. This season has shown enormous growth in attendance and approval from local arts critic, Alan Sherrod.

Ghosts of Crosstown is a cycle of four monodramas inspired by the 1927 Art Deco architecture of the Sears Crosstown Building in Memphis, TN, and the ordinary lives of the people who worked and shopped there. The librettist, Jerre Dye is the same for all pieces with different up and coming composers for each story. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the night of the performance. Bar service will be offered before, during, and after the performance for all attendees. Tickets are $20 for General admission, and $10 for students.

At Scruffy City Hall in Market Square, downtown Knoxville. Marble City Opera: 646-217-1580, www.facebook.com/marblecityopera & www.marblecityopera.com

by Anne Washburn; directed by Casey Sams. At the Lab Theatre

“ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! When was the last time you saw a play so smart it made your head spin?” The New York Times

It’s the end of everything in contemporary America. A future without power! What will survive? In post-apocalyptic Northern California, a group of strangers bond by recreating an episode of “The Simpsons.” From this meeting, memories of Marge and Homer become the basis for shaping a new society as the play travels decades into the future.

Clarence Brown Theatre / Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

It’s one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends at Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate! Presented by YoKids Organic Yogurt. Join Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald and Goofy as they celebrate a Very Merry Unbirthday Party with Alice and the Mad Hatter; a Royal Valentine’s Day Ball with your favorite Disney Princesses, including Cinderella, Ariel, Belle and Tiana; a Hawaiian luau with Lilo & Stitch; a whole new world with Jasmine and Aladdin; a winter wonderland with Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear; a Halloween haunt with the Disney villains and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivities from around the globe. Come join the celebration you’ve been waiting for when Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate! skates into your hometown!

Shows Wednesday, October 28 at 7pm; Thursday, October 29 at 7pm; Friday, October 30 at 10:40am; Friday, October 30 at 7pm; Saturday, October 31 at 11am; Saturday, October 31 at 3pm; Sunday, November 1 at 1pm; Sunday, November 1 at 5pm

At the Knoxville Civic Coliseum - Ticket Prices: $51.00, $36.00, $26.00, $21.00. Additional Info: http://knoxvillecoliseum.com/events/disney-on-ice-lets-celebrate

* Imaginative programming created for students in third through fifth grades * Presented for 12,000 students annually in two venues * One-hour concerts with music and stories selected for younger ears * Narration and exciting visual elements such as video projections, props, special lighting, costumes and peer guest artists * Audience participation: singing The Color of Music with the KSO * Highlight: Ravel's orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition * Teacher's Guide and CD of excerpts provided by the KSO for advance student preparation

Ticket Prices: $6 each, with one adult free for every 10 paying students!

Knoxville Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915. Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

David Durbak, Pellissippi State faculty member, international speaker and exhibitor, and recipient of numerous ADDY awards, presents his personal work.

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

By Fredrick Knott. Tony Wendice has married his wife, Margot, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He arranges the perfect murder. Unfortunately…the murderer gets murdered and the victim survives!

This exciting melodrama had a highly successful run on Broadway and the road.

"…original and remarkably good theatre—quiet in style but tingling with excitement underneath."
—NY Times
"It's a holiday for the whodunit fans, and, as such, it couldn't be more welcome."
—NY Herald-Tribune

Showtimes: Thu/Fri/Sat @ 8:00 pm and Sun @ 3:00 pm

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 North Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information & tickets: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com

For almost 175 years the works of Edgar Allan Poe have given the shivers to readers of all ages. This Halloween, KCT reimagines what inspired this troubled genius to write his stories of terror and poems of lost love. KCT Academy Director Dennis E. Perkins will write and direct the production. Emma Campbell, a freshman at Pellissippi State, will be the staff’s Production Manager.

Join 13 young actors for a literary fright night as we bring some of Poe’s most well-known and haunting works to life, including The Raven, Annabel Lee, Hop-Frog, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Tell Tale Heart, in a special adaptation designed for young audiences, ages 11 and up.

The play will be performed Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM. Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com

The Tennessee Medieval Faire invites you to a new outdoor family Halloween event called Boo-Town. It is a merry-not-scary treat village, with crafts, food, beer, and entertainment as well as an optional haunted hayride. “If you like safe trick-or-treating and costumed characters, Boo-Town is for you,” said Barrie Paulson, VP-Manager.

Nightly entertainment includes a patron costume parade, treat booths, a bouncy house, games, music and dance, spooky story-telling and a magic show. Crafts, food, hot and cold beverages will be available for purchase.

For the more adventurous, there is an optional haunted hayride. Wagons will be pulled by an antique tractor through the deep, dark woods. What ghosts and ghouls await?

Boo-Town show dates are the last two weekends in October: 23-24, 29-30-31. Hours are 5-10pm EDT. General admission ticket prices are $5 for ages 2 to 12; $8 for ages 13 and up. Free parking is included. The haunted hayride is an additional $10 for ages 8 and up only.

The festival is located at the Tennessee Medieval Faire site: 550 Fiske Road, Harriman, TN. For more information and entertainment schedule, please visit the website: www.boo-town.com.

The Arts Council of Roane County (ACRC) announced that its Fall 2015 Roane Open Art Show will hold its official opening October 22 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Kingston Community Center with an Art Bowl Chili/Soup Supper. The exhibition will feature paintings, sculptures, photographs, pottery, and mixed media works by local artists, with most of the art on display available for sale. Free to the public, the show will be open to visitors from October 22 through October 30, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Wednesday and Fridays.

Visitors attending the opening will be treated to a bowl of homemade soup or chili for a donation of just $10. For an additional $10, diners can have their meal served in a handcrafted pottery bowl, which is then theirs to take home. All proceeds will help fund future Arts Council programs and activities. Denise May, ACRC president said, “The ACRC was born, so to speak, at the Kingston Public Library, so we’re delighted to present our Fourth Annual Roane Open Art Show right back here in Kingston. We’ll be showcasing some of the best art from some of the best artists in East Tennessee at a time perfect for anyone wanting to do some artful holiday shopping.”

Info: 865-591-2763, artscouncilofroanecounty@gmail.com, artscouncilrc.org