Calendar of Events

Get a head start on your holiday shopping this year with savings on fall and holiday items, books, toys and much more during the McClung Museum Store’s Annual Holiday Sale. The entire store will be 10% with sale table discounts up to 75%! Also check out our new stock from local artists including handmade wooden pens, unique jewelry, prints and pottery. Some exclusions will apply. Sale items available while supplies last.

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

Nov 2 Homeschool Tuesdays Spring Registration and Winter Wonderlabs Registration Opens
Nov 6 Knoxville Skies, 4:30, $2
Nov 7 Saturday Science Connections 11:30-1:30 FREE with admission
Nov 9 Muse Mondays 10-11am FREE with admission
Nov 10 Knoxville Skies, 4:30, $2
Nov 13 Knoxville Skies, 4:30, $2
Nov 14 Saturday Science Connections 11:30-1:30 FREE with admission
Nov 16 Muse Mondays 10-11am FREE with admission
Nov 17 Knoxville Skies, 4:30, $2
Nov 20 Knoxville Skies, 4:30, $2
Nov 21 Saturday Science Connections 11:30-1:30 FREE with admission
Nov 23 Muse Mondays 10-11am FREE with admission
Nov 24 Knoxville Skies, 4:30, $2
Nov 27 STEAM Sprouts Fairy Tale Engineering, 10 AM, $4, Knoxville Skies, 4:30, $2,
Nov 28 Saturday Science Connections 11:30-1:30 FREE with admission
Nov 30 Muse Mondays 10-11am FREE with admission

The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman Street, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-594-1494, www.themuseknoxville.org

Steve Foster was born and raised in Blount County. After spending his college years at the University of Tennesee, he returned to his home where he currently lives with his wife and three children.

The Denso Gallery is open 9am-6pm.

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

Let It Shine is a play to raise your heart and spirit in song and fellowship.

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

Fountain City Art Guild Annual Holiday Show and Sale - opening reception and exhibit. Also showing: "Oil paintings by the Students of Aurora H. Bull". Opening Reception, everyone welcome, Friday, October 30, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM.

Exhibit viewing hours: Tu, Th 9-5; W, F 10-9; most Saturdays 9-1

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.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

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

An exhibition of wildlife and landscape photography by Barrett Hedges, Photography major class of 2008, and award-winning photographer with the National Geographic Society.

Opening: Sat Oct 17, 9:30 AM - noon

Omega Gallery at Carson-Newman University, Warren Art Building, corner of Branner & S. College Streets, Jefferson City, TN 37760. Gallery hours: M-F 8-4. Information: www.cn.edu

Oak Ridge Art Center invites you to the 47th Annual Open Show, a juried mixed-media exhibition open to all artists which showcases exceptional work produced throughout our region. Open Show 2015 will be displayed September 12 through November 7.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 7:00-9:00PM. Gallery opens at 6:00PM for viewing with a gallery talk at 6:30.
Daily gallery hours: Tuesday through Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM, Saturday through Monday, 1:00-4:00PM.

201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge. 865 482 1441 or www.oakridgeartcenter.org for more information.

This exhibition will take the viewer through the evolution of Himalayan artistic styles from the 8th century through the present. From gilded statues of deities, to complex and colorful paintings of religious figures, the objects in the exhibit explore how trade, travel, and the evolution of Buddhism helped foster a strong artistic tradition that continues today.

Exploring the rich history of Himalayan style art in a chronological fashion, the Tibetan bronzes and paintings featured will progressively lead the viewer through the major stylistic developments that took place and provide an introduction to the techniques used to produce these works as well as to the complex religious iconography depicted in them.

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