Calendar of Events

Featuring John Nemeth – West Coast harmonica will blow off your socks!

The Smoky Mountain Blues Society launches its Blues Cruise aboard the Star of Knoxville, running April to October. Boarding time is at 3 pm and the cruise itself runs from 4 to 7 pm.

The Blues Cruises reflect the Smoky Mountain Blues Society's commitment to presenting some of the best known local, regional and nationally touring Blues Music artists. The artists perform onstage during these specialty cruises which take them and their audiences up and down the scenic Tennessee River on the Star of Knoxville Tennessee Riverboat. The Riverboat is located just one-half mile east of Neyland Stadium at 300 Neyland Drive, next to Calhouns. This year’s line-up is a stellar cross section of the modern blues genre.

Tickets are available through the Tennessee Riverboat Company’s website, (http://tnriverboat.com/blues-cruises-2/) and by calling (865) 525-7827. Tickets are just $16 in advance and $20 at the door. Smoky Mountain Blues Society Members can enjoy a special discount. Each voyage will also have a limited food menu and full bar available. More information at www.smokymountainblues.org.

In celebration of International Archaeology Day and National Fossil Day, the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee, and the Archaeological Institute of America, East Tennessee Society, are hosting Can You Dig It?–an afternoon event on Sunday, October 15 from 1:30-5:00 p.m. at the Museum.

Archaeologists and paleontologists and their graduate students from the University of Tennessee will man displays about their projects across the world, and talk with visitors about their work. Visitors can also bring artifacts, rocks, and fossils for identification. A number of activities for children, including games and take home crafts related to archaeology, will be available. All activities are free and open to the public.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: M-Sa 9-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

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

We invite you to join us in a special pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day program. Parents, family members and friends are invited to attend. We will remember the babies in a special way by writing their names or date of loss on a luminary candle.

Volunteer Landing, 900 Volunteer Landing Lane
6 p.m. registration
Program begins promptly at 6:30 p.m.

To register go to www.utmedicalcenter.org/events and scroll down to calendar and click on date. For more information please call the Knox County Health Department at 865-215-5170.

In connection to the state-wide Tennessee STEAM Festival, the McClung Museum will host a panel of local female scientists on October 15 from 3:00–4:00 pm. This program will take place in the museum’s auditorium and will run concomitantly with our annual Can you Dig it event. The STEAM Festival stands for a celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, and the featured panel will bring together female representatives from each of these branches to share their experience in such fields.

Panelists for the event include:
Dr. Anahita Khojandi, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Jen Bauer, PhD Candidate in Evolutionary Paleobiology
Dr. Lynne Parker, Associate Dean and Professor, Tickle College of Enginnering
Jessica Hendricks, PhD Student in Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Audrey Martin, PhD Student in Planetary Geosciences

The program specifically aims to engage high school seniors and undergraduate women considering advancing their academic paths. The goal is to promote the diversity of career options within the STEAM branches, and to highlight the support available to women through mentorships and professional networks.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: M-Sa 9-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Sundress Academy for the Arts is pleased to welcome Natalie Giarratano, Daje Morris, and Sara Moore Wagner for the October installment of our reading series. The reading will take place at Hexagon Brewing Co., located at 1002 Dutch Valley Dr STE 101, Knoxville, TN 37918. The
Sundress Reading Series is free and open to the public.

Originally from small-town Southeast Texas, Natalie Giarratano received her Ph.D. in creative writing from Western Michigan University. She is the author of Big Thicket Blues (Sundress Publications, 2017) and Leaving Clean, winner of the 2013 Liam Rector First Book Prize in Poetry (Briery Creek Press, 2013). Her poems have appeared in American Literary Review, Beltway Poetry, Tupelo Quarterly, Tinderbox, and TYPO, among others. She edits and lives near the foothills of Northern Colorado.

Daje Morris is a poet and songwriter who is often found toeing the lines between introversion, extroversion, and shamelessness. She is deeply devoted to exposing beauty in all of its messy and inarticulate forms. As a spoken-word poet, she has performed with 5th Woman, a collective of performance poets who write, teach, and speak on the souls of women and their diverse expressions in culture. She is now working alongside the 5th Woman as a creative director, writer, contributor, and mentor to other performance poets in the Greater Knoxville area. She released her first collection of poems, On Becoming Gold, in June of 2017. Her poetic influences include Nayyirah Waheed, Warsan Shire, Donte Collins, and Sarah Kay.

Sara Moore Wagner is the author of the chapbook Hooked Through (Five Oaks Press, 2017). Her poetry has appeared in many journals and anthologies including Stirring, Gigantic Sequins, Alyss, Reservoir, The Pittsburgh Poetry Review, and Arsenic Lobster, among others, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart prize. Her poetry has also been supported by a SAFTA residency and a merit scholarship from the Juniper Institute. She lives in Cincinnati with her filmmaker husband Jon and their children, Daisy, Vivienne, and Cohen, where she teaches at Xavier and Northern Kentucky University.

EMAIL: safta@sundresspublications.com FACEBOOK: SundressAcademyfortheArts
PHONE: (865) 560-6106 TWITTER: @SundressPub
Sundress Academy for the Arts: 195 Tobby Hollow Ln, Knoxville, TN 37931, 865-560-6106, www.sundresspublications.com/safta

Hosted by the Arts & Culture Alliance. The highly successful Dinner on the Bridge returns for an encore in beautiful downtown Knoxville on the Gay Street Bridge. Spend an evening over the river and under the stars! 100% of the net proceeds will go into the Arts & Heritage Fund, which supports local arts and heritage organizations that preserve, promote, and present Greater Knoxville’s own unique joie de vivre (joy of life).

5:30 PM Cocktails, specialty appetizers, silent auction & entertainment (musicians provided by the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra)
6:45 PM Seated Dinner by All Occasion Catering

Seating is limited. Please visit https://www.knoxalliance.store/product-category/dinner/ to purchase single tickets ($225) or a table of 10 ($2,500).

Many thanks to our current sponsors: All Occasion Catering, All Occasions Party Rentals, Cherokee Distributing, City of Knoxville – Madeline Rogero Mayor, Cornerstone Foundation, East Tennessee PBS, First Tennessee Bank, Noble Vines, Visit Knoxville, Ann and Steve Bailey, Dr. & Mrs. Mark and Sandra Cramolini, Dr. Dorothy Habel. Special thanks to Ryan Blair (creator of signature artwork), Art Market Gallery (providing centerpiece artwork), and the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra.

For more information, please contact Liza Zenni at (865) 523-7543 or LZ@knoxalliance.com or visit www.knoxalliance.com/dinner

Join us October 15th, 2017, 2:00-5:00PM, for our annual Candoro Marble Fall Homecoming where we invite those who have a history with the building to share their stories and memories, and those who want to learn about the amazing role Candoro Marble played in our history.

Bring your own stories or artifacts to share or add to our collection. Learn and explore the history of Candoro and the Vestal community with guest speakers, marble artifact collections, and guided tours. You may bring your items as early as 1:30AM and pick them up no later than 5:30PM. Please let our volunteer know if you would be interested in donating to our efforts to build a new permanent collection. Share your memories! We will have recording equipment on hand to capture your story. It doesn't matter how much or how little you remember, we want to hear about your experience.

Get a taste of fall from some of Knoxville's favorite vendors and shop local with South Knoxville artists and crafters.
Relax and enjoy some special performances in our acoustically amazing carriage house!
Candoro Arts & Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-577-0078, www.candoromarble.org

At this year’s Fall Homecoming at Candoro Marble event, the Candoro Arts & Heritage Center is proud to debut selections from the “Rock of Ages” exhibit. This free family-friendly event will have live music by the band Jubal, a food truck, and a variety of craft vendors featuring jewelry, Christmas ornaments, homemade jams and honey, wood crafts and paintings. “Candoro Marble Through The Decades” notebooks, containing research by Candoro volunteer Sherry Barry, will be available for visitors, and Paul James, development director with the Knoxville History Project, will be on site as well.

“This year more than any other year our displays at Fall Homecoming represent labors of love,” said Molly Gilbert, Candoro Arts & Heritage Center board president. “The professional exhibit represents over 10 years of dedicated research by Dr. Susan Knowles and our very own volunteer Sherry Barry has spent hours learning all about her grandfather’s connection to Candoro Marble and has compiled a treasure trove of information about Candoro that other families will enjoy seeing.”

Anyone who has a personal connection to Candoro Marble is invited to come and share their personal stories and memories. A recording room will be set up during the event. Additionally, anyone who has marble items made by a family member connected to the marble industry is invited to bring them for temporary display during the Fall Homecoming event. (Items for display can be delivered as early as 1:30 p.m. and must be picked up by 5:30 p.m.)

Previously on temporary display at the East Tennessee History Center, the “Rock of Ages” panels had to be reproduced in a format that would fit the needs of the Candoro Marble building. This new portable version of the exhibit will not only serve as part of a permanent marble exhibit at Candoro Marble but will also become the cornerstone for a new educational program that will include a speaker’s bureau for community groups and school groups. Candoro Arts & Heritage Center is requesting donations to help cover the costs of reprinting the digital files. The total cost for all 30 panels was $4,437.57. To date, $1,200 in donations have been received. Donations will be received during the Fall Homecoming event, via PayPal on the candoromarble.org website or can be mailed to CAHC, P.O. Box 9473, Knoxville, TN 37940. Candoro Arts & Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-577-0078, www.candoromarble.org

Sunday, October 15 at 7:00PM in Scruffy City Hall, East Tennessee PBS and Independent Lens, in partnership with Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and Scruffy City Hall, invite you to a free advanced screening of "Chasing Trane: The John Coletrane Documentary"

Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the times, Chasing Trane brings saxophone great John Coltrane to life, as a man and an artist. The film is the definitive look at the boundary-shattering musician whose influence continues to this day.

Chasing Trane features never-before-seen Coltrane family home movies, footage of Coltrane and his band in the studio, along with hundreds of rare photographs and television appearances from around the world.

Screening is free and open to the public, followed by a town-hall style discussion.

Indie Lens Pop-Up is a neighborhood series that brings people together for film screenings and community-driven conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on the PBS series Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most, from newsworthy topics to family and relationships. Make friends, share stories, and join the conversation.
Indie Lens Pop-Up: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens

Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m. in Scruffy City Hall,
32 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Free and open to the public
Opening reception October 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists’ talks at 6:30 p.m.

Gallery hours: 10 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Thursday and 10 AM – 1 PM, Sunday
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918

Genie Even’s paintings are contemporary realism and include florals, trees, people, animals, and still life. She is drawn to color, the play of sunlight, and reflections. She uses a camera to create reference photos, composing as she shoots. The computer is only for cropping. She enjoys sketching as she develops a composition, stressing or eliminating lines or areas. Even is a graduate of Scripps College in Claremont, California. As an art major, she was privileged to study with an outstanding art faculty. For twenty-five years, transparent watercolor has been her preferred medium. Her watercolor education has been supplemented by quality workshops with nationally known watercolor artists. Her work has been accepted in many national exhibitions. She holds signature memberships in the California Watercolor Association, Watercolor West, the Texas Watercolor Society, and the Tennessee Watercolor Society.

Art is the first passion Terri Swaggerty recalls; it has always been an integral part of her essence and her path. Her painting explores different techniques and subjects. She paints subjects that pique her interest and especially the ones that take her breath away. These subjects are eclectic: nature, older and often kitschy objects, and body language and the energy between people. As she paints, she savor the colors, the composition, and applying the paint to the canvas. Swaggerty is a professional, award-winning photographer and photo re-toucher. Her work has been shown at TVUUC and Tomato Head Restaurant. She has also participated in Artemis Galley in Apalachicola, Florida and in the 2016 Plein Aire Show at Knoxville’s Emporium. She was a sidewalk portrait artist at the 1982 World’s Fair.

Flying Anvil Theatre presents a haunting tale of desire and obsession. Something dark and irresistible lives deep in the woods of Appalachia in The Love Talker by Deborah Pryor. Gowdie and Bun are orphaned sisters haunted by a mysterious presence that lured their mother away when they were very young. While Gowdie is tempted to follow the siren call of the Love Talker, her sister will do anything to save her, including sacrificing herself.

Based on an Irish folk tale, The Love Talker is an eerie, sensual play—set in a world where strange spirits walk the earth and magic is all around—recalling the darkest of Grimm’s' fairy tales. The play was originally produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville and published in an anthology, where director Jayne Morgan first read it.

“I’ve been wanting to do this play for about 30 years,” Morgan says. “It’s familiar because we know these lovely accents and the wild beauty of the forest. But it also taps into our primeval fear of the dark, of losing control. This show will seduce and unsettle you and make you examine your own obsessions and secrets.” Morgan says she has found strong actors to bring this haunting tale to life. The play reunites the two leads from an earlier Flying Anvil show, Venus in Fur—Carolyn Corley and JD Sizemore. Younger sister Gowdie is played by UT theatre student Emily Cullum, and Margy Ragsdale is the malignant spirit, the Redhead.

The production marks the theatre’s first use of an upgraded lighting system. The show is recommended for adults.

Performances are Wed-Sat at 7:30 PM and Sun at 2 PM.

Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. Information: 865-357-1309, www.flyinganviltheatre.com