Calendar of Events

In the GEOFFREY A. WOLPERT GALLERY

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Concert #1
10/18/2017 at 8:00 PM

UT Contemporary Music Festival
Concert #2
10/19/2017 at 8:00 PM

Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, and the Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Save the date, Wednesday, October 18, 2017, for our annual Fall luncheon and Silent Auction featuring Terri Tate, renowned humorist, Author and Oral Cancer Survivor.

How do you keep going when doctors give you a two percent chance of survival? For Terri Tate, it was a blend of faith, perseverance, prescription-strength humor - and most of all, a heart that never quit. Terri created her own recipe for healing and now uses lessons from her own struggle to help support anyone facing life challenges.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 11:00AM-1:00PM, at The Foundry at World's Fair Park.
Please call 865 546-4661 for more information.
www.CancerSupportET.org.

Foo Fighters
with The Struts

Wednesday - October 18 at 7:30 PM
Thompson Boling Arena, Knoxville, TN

AC Entertainment: 865-523-2665, www.concertwire.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Natalie Leach Haslam, longtime community volunteer and philanthropist, will
receive the Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award of the East Tennessee
Community Design Center at a dinner, Oct. 18, 5:30-8:30pm at the Foundry on
the Fair Site.

The Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award is granted to individuals who 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 leading founders of the ETCDC, through his professional accomplishments, and the many lives he touched throughout his career. Mrs. Haslam will join past recipients of the award, including: Randy & Jenny Boyd, Ashley Capps, David Dewhirst, Faris Eid, Carol Evans, and Paul James.

Additional ETCDC event, award and ticket information: East Tennessee Community Design Center, 1300 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-525-9945, www.communitydc.org

with Lido

The Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Tickets/information: http://themillandmine.com

“In the company of villains”
Pellissippi State Writer-in-Residence Eddie Francisco presents from his original works selections about some of the vilest names in history and some of the lesser-known sociopaths, torturers and murderers who represent an elite gallery of evil-doers without equal.

Free and open to the public in the Goins Building Auditorium. Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

How does science treat the search for extraterrestrials? Have recent space explorations changed perceptions in the scientific community? Knox County Public Library invites the public to join Brandon Hollingsworth for a discussion of All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life by Jon Willis at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18, in the East Tennessee History Center auditorium. Books Sandwiched In is sponsored by the Friends of Knox County Public Library. Reading the book is optional. Attendees may bring lunch. Drinks are available to purchase.

"As pervasive as the idea of extraterrestrial life (especially of the intelligent variety) is in our popular culture, it's important to remember that just half a century ago, the very idea was laughable," Hollingsworth said. "Once considered a fringe field, what we now call astrobiology is a credible scientific avenue for testing what we know—or think we know—about biology, cosmology and philosophy. In All These World Are Yours, Jon Willis traces the development of astrobiology and asks the reader to consider the possibilities and probabilities of life beyond our own world."

Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions—including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe—Willis asks readers to imagine and choose among five scenarios for finding life. He encourages us to wonder whether life might exist within Mars’s subsoil ice. He reveals the vital possibilities on the water-ice moons Europa and Enceladus. He views Saturn’s moon Titan through the lens of our own planet’s ancient past. He also looks beyond our solar system, investigating the top candidates for a "second Earth" in a myriad of exoplanets and imagining the case of a radio signal arriving from deep space.

Hollingsworth is the interim news director at Knoxville's National Public Radio station WUOT-FM. He has hosted the network's afternoon newsmagazine "All Things Considered" since 2010.

In the East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay Street. Books Sandwiched In is sponsored by the Friends of Knox County Public Library. Attendees may bring lunch. Drinks are available to purchase. Knox County Public Library: 500 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-215-8750, www.knoxlib.org

The Arab American Club of Knoxville invites McClung Museum friends and supporters to attend the From the Middle East to the Smokey Mountains. This exhibition of photographs share experiences of local community members through their photo journeys. Explorations include: the ancient City of Petra and why it is called “The Rose City,” The Oceans of Haifa, Mount Nebo where Moses was granted a view of Israel, Portraits of Syrian Refugee Children, Snow in the Smoky Mountains, Waterfall in the Smoky Mountains and many more photographs of iconic locations.

At McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive
A small reception will take place during the photo tour.

Parking: On weekends and after 4 p.m. on weekdays, free parking is available on Circle Park Drive on a first come, first served basis.

Reservations not required. Open to the Public. For questions, please contact Samia Hanna at samiahanna1@gmail.com. http://arabamericanclubofknoxville.org/

Knoxville's premiere long-form improv group performs every other Wednesday at Modern Studio at 8 PM. https://www.facebook.com/fulldisclosurecomedy/

Modern Studio, 109 W Anderson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-323-2425, www.modernstudio.org

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 2, 2-5 pm

Inexteriors is a series of paintings by artist Marcia Santore that address ideas of impossible architectural spaces. The series has developed over a number of years and has been inspired by visions of windows through doorways through windows, the patterns of light in interior spaces created by seen or unseen openings, indeterminate interior and exterior spaces, unknown houses seen from within and without, mysterious stairways and hallways and hidden rooms, figures that inhabit (haunt?) those spaces, and the potential for these spaces to tell or conceal multiple, unfolding stories. Some of these paintings are in oil and others in acrylic. Some include collaged elements such as recycled paper.

“As someone who has moved many times, both as a child and as an adult, houses have multiple meanings for me—they are places full of mystery and possibility, suggestive of many potential futures or outcomes.”
—Marcia Santore

A portion of the proceeds of sales from this exhibition will be donated to the Oak Ridge Art Center. www.marciasantore.com

O'Brien Art Gallery, Roane State Community College, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN 37748

The Barbara West Portrait Group will showcase an exhibition of its work in October at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Located in the rotunda, the free exhibition is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Oct. 16 - 27. A reception for the artists is 5 - 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

The group's namesake, the late Barbara West, was an artist who shared her hospitality and home with fellow artists. After living in California for many years, she relocated to Knoxville in 2002. West was the founding member of the Pastel Society of San Diego. The Barbara West Portrait Group meets twice a week to draw and paint. To learn more about the group, call 865-675-6339.

For more information about the exhibition, please contact Special Event and Program Coordinator Lauren Cox at lcox@townoffarragut.org or 218-3372.

Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934.