Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform for approximately 8,000 elementary students during the Sheena McCall Young People’s Concerts at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium on October 24, 25 and 26. There are a total of four performances:

Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 9:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 26 at 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
The 9:30 a.m. shows on Oct. 24 & 25 are already SOLD OUT, which will offer an excellent photo & video opportunity. These concerts are attended by school and home-schooled groups from eight East Tennessee counties. Performances are open to the general public for $6.25 per person.

The Sheena McCall Young People’s Concerts’ theme this year is “Uncle Sam’s Symphony,” which compares the way the United States government is structured to that of an orchestra (Executive Branch/President = Conductor; Vice President = Concertmaster; Legislative Branch = Families of Instruments).

KSO Music Director Aram Demirjian conducts the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in an educational and engaging program designed for students in 3rd through 5th grades, using visual elements such as video projections, props, lights, and costumes to stimulate the students' interest and plant the seeds for further musical involvement.

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

http://www.blindpilot.com/

Blind Pilot’s ’And Then Like Lions’ on ATO Records is the third LP from the Portland, Oregon-based sextet consisting of frontman Israel Nebeker, fellow founding member Ryan Dobrowski, Luke Ydstie, Kati Claborn, Ian Krist and Dave Jorgensen.
The album was produced by Israel Nebeker and Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Neko Case, My Morning Jacket), and was written and composed by Nebeker. It comes five years after the band’s well-received ’We Are the Tide’ and three years after Nebeker thought he’d be starting the songs that would become the band’s third album.

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

We're thrilled to host veteran alt rock band -- with five straight gold and platinum albums -- 311 in Knoxville this fall! Join us for a radical blend of rock, reggae, hip hop and funk!

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

Join us as we welcome Mike C. Berry! Mike C. Berry, artist and gallery manager of the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery, will discuss how to properly package artwork for shipment. He will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using various shipping companies.

The presentation is $5 for members of the Arts & Culture Alliance and $8 for non-members. Please register in advance! http://www.knoxalliance.com/seminar-10-24-17/

Arts & Culture Alliance at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: M-F 9-5. Information: 865-523-7543, www.knoxalliance.com

Discussing "How to Paint a Dead Man" by Sarah Hill

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

Jack Neely will lecture on UT's history on Tuesday, October 24, at 7:00PM at the Alumni Memorial Building, Room 32, 1408 Middle Drive on the UTK campus.

Jack Neely is a journalist who has been writing about his hometown’s character and heritage for many years. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, where he studied American history, Neely was an Egyptian museum tour guide at the 1982 World’s Fair; later, he was a criminal-defense investigator, and an assistant editor for a national fiction magazine. Since his column, “Secret History,” debuted in 1992, he’s been known mainly as a Knoxville journalist with a particular interest in the city’s unique culture and heritage.

He has written for the Knoxville Mercury, in a weekly column called “The Scruffy Citizen.” He has written several books about Knoxville and its history, most recently The Tennessee Theatre: A Grand Entertainment Palace (2015); Knoxville, Tennessee: Green by Nature (2014); Market Square: A History of the Most Democratic Place on Earth (2nd ed., 2011) and Knoxville, Tennessee: This Obscure Prismatic City (2009).

Tuesday, October 24, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAlumni Memorial Building, Room 32, 1408 Middle Drive on the UTK campus.
Please contact the Center for Student Engagement with questions or to arrange disability accommodations at (865) 974-5455.

Join the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR), University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) Department of History, and TN-China Network, in partnership with UTK Howard Baker Center for Public Policy and UTK Asian Studies Program for a China Town Hall.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 1640 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3340

Join 80+ communities across the United States in a national conversation on China, featuring an interactive webcast with Ambassador Susan Rice and on-site discussion with William Hurst of Northwestern University on China’s foreign policy in the 21st Century.

This is a free event.
For More Info: Visit the TNCN event webpage or contact Dr. James Hudson at jhudso39@utk.edu or Elizabeth Rowland at erowland@tnchinanetwork.org.

The UT Arboretum Society will hold a “Make and Take Pumpkin Centerpiece” Workshop at the UT Arboretum Program Shelter, 901 S. Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. Join UT Arboretum Education Program Coordinator, Michelle Campanis, to make a centerpiece in a fresh pumpkin. Michelle will lead the group in looking at ideas and examples of fall-themed centerpieces using pumpkins, gourds and other plants. Materials will be supplied. The class fee is $25. Registration is required and is limited to 20 participants. To register and for payment information, call 865-483-7277 or email janet_bigelow@tds.net. For more information on this program or the UT Arboretum Society, call 865-483-7277.

Part of National Chemistry Week (Oct. 22-28)
“Chemistry Rocks!” - FREE Chemistry Magic Show
Tuesday, October 24, 7:00-8:00 pm
UTK 555 Dabney-Buehler Hall

Members of the American Chemical Society (ACS) nationwide will be celebrating National Chemistry Week (NCW) October 22-28. During this week, ACS members will have the opportunity to present the positive aspects of chemistry, promote science education, and to heighten the public awareness of the contributions chemistry has made to society and to everyday life.

One of the activities planned by the East Tennessee Section of ACS for this year is the annual chemistry show at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). So, mark your calendars for “ THE MAGIC OF CHEMISTRY SHOW “ (27th Anniversary!). The one-hour show will feature Dr. Al Hazari. Everyone (ages 2-102) is invited to attend this FREE admission show. No show reservations are necessary and questions may be addressed to Dr. Al Hazari at (865) 974-1065 or ahazari@utk.edu. FREE PARKING (6-9 p.m.) at the UTK 11th Street / White Ave Garage.

Join us for a wicked good time...if you dare!
*Snacks and beverages
*Paint your own pumpkins
*Face painting tutorial by a professional face painter
*Costume contest and more!
*FREE and open to the public

East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress Street, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-219-0130, www.ettac.org

How East Tennessee Transformed the World: Following the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Global Career during the Cold War

In a special evening lecture on Tuesday, October 24, Tore Olson demonstrates how twentieth-century efforts to overcome poverty in East Tennessee through the Tennessee Valley Authority came to serve as a model for accomplishing similar goals in places s far-flung places, such as Mexico, India, and Afghanistan. After World War II, countless governments in the so-called “Third World” looked to the Tennessee Valley for lessons in rationalizing water, land use, and human society, giving East Tennessee a global footprint far greater than would be expected. Tore C. Olson is an assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee.

The program is presented in partnership with the University of Tennessee Department of History and the East Tennessee Historical Society. The lecture is free and open to the public and will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Bilo Nelson Auditorium at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville.

Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

"The Generosity of a Thread: An Alumni Exhibition by Stephanie Anne Harris Trevor"

SAHT (BA from C-N, 2008; MFA from the University of Chicago, 2013) presents recent work and site-specific installations at Carson-Newman University.

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