Calendar of Events

Join us December 2nd & 3rd from 5:00-8:00PM. Candlelight Christmas Tour
Experience the serenity of an Appalachian Christmas during our Candlelight Christmas Tour.

We invite you to tour selected cabins in the Museum village by candlelight, enjoy Christmas storytelling, drink hot apple cider, sing carols in the Irwin Chapel, visit with Museum animals, and make Appalachian ornaments. We'll also have a live Nativity scene (featuring animals from Little Ponderosa Zoo*), musicians performing throughout the grounds, as well as spinning & weaving demonstrations, candle-dipping, cooking demonstrations, blacksmithing, sassafras tea-making, and lots of holiday craft activities for kids! The Museum Restaurant will also be open, and will be serving soups & sandwiches.

Be sure to bring a flashlight!

Adults - $10
Youth (13-17) - $5
Children (5-12) - $3
Children Under 5 - Free
Family Rate (2 adults and children under 18) - $20
Museum Members - FREE!

Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Hwy., Clinton, TN 37716 (16 miles north of Knoxville at I-75, exit 122, then one mile east). Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Information: 865-494-7680, www.museumofappalachia.org

Friday, December 2 & Saturday, December 3
2-8pm Friday; 9am-3pm Saturday

The Rose Center, 442 West Second North St., Morristown, TN, 37814. Hours: M-F 9-5. Information: 423-581-4330, www.rosecenter.org

You are cordially invited to a holiday shopping event at Ironwood Studios featuring original art and crafts made by local artisans!

First Friday Dec. 2 .......... 6 pm - 10 pm (refreshments provided)
Saturday Dec. 3 ............. 10 am - 5 pm

Featuring:
McGilvray Woodworks
Preston Farabow - Ironwork
Karen Noggle - Leather Goods
Sarah Brobst - Jewelry
Katharine Emlen - Photography
Striped Light - Printmaking
Julie Craig-Boisseau - Glass/Pottery
The Book Eddy - Rare Books & Ephemera
Ryan Blair - Painting
Amy Hand - Pottery
John Phillips - Knives
Rebecca Houser - Copper Jewelry
Christal Yost - Fiber
Adam Deal - Drawing
Magpies - Baked Goods
Epiphany Coffee by Jarrett Vance
And more!

At 119 Jennings Ave., Knoxville TN 37917. https://www.facebook.com/events/555734561285396/

Sign up today! Spaces are limited! The UT Arboretum Society is sponsoring a Holiday Craft Brunch on Friday, December 2nd from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The cost is $25 per person for the brunch and materials. A UTAS member will be conducting the workshop which will be held at the UT Arboretum Auditorium. Cuttings from the Arboretum’s Harold Elmore Holly Collection will be used to make the unique wreaths. Participants may bring clippings from their own yard as well. It is suggested that participants bring gloves. Brunch will include breakfast casserole, muffins, juice, and coffee. There will be a maximum of 15 participants. UTAS will maintain a waiting list if there are cancellations. Cost is $25, payable in advance. Call or email Janet Bigelow at (865) 675-3822 or janet_bigelow@tds.net to register. Sign up today!

To learn more about the Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org.

New York's hot-jazz darlings get into the big, brass-filled spirit of the holiday season. For the Holiday Stomp, the Sardines infuse yuletide classics with their unique twist on New York, Paris, and New Orleans jazz from the era of Prohibition and beyond.

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

Join us for everyone's favorite parade, the WIVK Christmas Parade. Bands, dancers, lighted floats, characters and Santa Claus parade down Gay Street and brings fun holiday spirit to all! To enter a float in the parade you will need to fill out an application which can be found at http://www.wivk.com/2016/09/12/wivk-christmas-parade/

http://www.knoxvilletn.gov/government/city_departments_offices/special_events/christmas_in_the_city

Castleton Events Planning and Design Studio presents new dripped-cracked clay paint Christmas paintings by gifted prolific artist REGINA RENEE TURNER. Please join us for a fun expressionist Christmas art exhibit party in the city!

4th SOLO Art Exhibit
Love and Peace – Series II
“Expressions of Christmas”

First Friday, December 2, 7:00-10:00 p.m. Open gallery reception party - The one dressed in the most kind spirited Christmas attire will win an original painting by the artist. Be creative think Christmas tree pantsuit, sweaters, bells, lights, hats, etc.! You may simply come as you are as well.

Regina Turner, Artist/Designer: www.reginaturner.com
2nd Place in “Meet the Next daVinci” 2010
Nominated Best of Knoxville Artist Metro Pulse 2013
Nominated Best of Best Visual Abstract Artist City View Magazine 2016

Castleton Events Planning and Design Studio is located downtown just off of Gay Street at 304 West Jackson Avenue, Suite 101, Knoxville, TN 37902. Info: 865-376-9040 or 865-235-2500, DARLAYWALKER@CASTLETONFARMS.COM

Jamie will present a program of traditional music from Scotland, Ireland, Bretagne, Galicea, Quebec, and Appalachia. Winner of the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Championship (2002), Laval has appeared on the NBC Today Show, has performed for Her Majesty the Queen, and won Best World Traditional Song in the 2007 Independent Music Awards Vox Populi. His recent tour of Scotland found him performing at the Scots Fiddle Festival in Edinburgh and teaching at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama.

Tickets (discounts apply to advance purchase, JCA members, students & seniors) available through http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/1118485, 800-838-3006 ext 1, by mail, and at the door. At the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org.

Come visit, shop, enjoy music, wine and hors d'oeuvres! At 1186 Keowee Avenue in Sequoyah Hills, hosted by Debbie Whelan.

www.facebook.com/dancingpotspottery or 865-406-1841

At First Baptist Church, Athens, TN. The 14TH ANNUAL Lessons & Carols with Dr. Marius Bahnean, Choral Director and Mr. Ray Calfee, Band Director.

Information: (423) 746-5301 or www.tnwesleyan.edu

Friday, December 2, 6-8pm

Refreshments and live music and opening reception for "Handmade and Hand Printed" by Nashville artist Emily Tuttle (December 2-30).

The Rose Center, 442 West Second North St., Morristown, TN, 37814. Hours: M-F 9-5. Information: 423-581-4330, www.rosecenter.org

Hosted by The Central Collective.

Halitide is an immersive, time-based multimedia installation that interrogates perceptions of time, material, and the human intellect. Using sound, kinetic sculpture, and projection, the installation seeks to expose flaws in these perceptions, and calls forth an alternative presence in the absence of understanding.

Chris Spurgin and Joshua Shorey are MFA candidates at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The Central Collective, 923 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-236-1590, info@thecentralcollective.com, www.thecentralcollective.com