Calendar of Events

Join us for an upcoming festival hosted by the Young-Williams Animal Center. Furry Fall Festival will give animal lovers the opportunity to learn about pet-related resources around Knoxville, including adoption specials and discount coupons available at the center.

The Furry Fall Festival will be held Sunday, November 4, 12 -4 p.m. Sunday at the center at 3201 Division St. All activities are free and open to the public, and pets are invited, too.

Activities will include live music from K-Town Music, food trucks, pet microchipping and microchip registration ($10); rabies vaccinations by the Knox County Health Department ($10); information about the center’s adoption program; and a kid zone with face painting and crafts.

Representatives from local animal rescue organizations will be present, and some will have adoptable animals on site. https://www.young-williams.org/event/young-williams-animal-center-furry-fall-festival/

The Authors Guild of Tennessee (AGT) is pleased to announce a new program that celebrates the rich literary tradition of our state. “The Authors Page," a production of the Authors Guild of Tennessee and WUOT 91.9 FM radio, will launch Sunday, Nov 4 at 8:35 a.m. during NPR’s Weekend Edition.

The “Authors Page” is a weekly 4-minute segment hosted by AGT member and award-winning author/artist Jody Sims. The program will include stories about a wide variety of authors – some famous and others not as well known – who either come from Tennessee or have a Tennessee connection.

The Authors Guild of Tennessee was formed in 2013 to showcase authors who reside in or hail from Tennessee. Members of AGT are published authors who work together to promote the books they’ve written. AGT encourages the development of higher literacy (reading skills) to benefit young and old alike in their careers and personal life. AGT believes the reading experience is greatly enhanced by getting to know authors personally – discovering first-hand details about their books and often finding inspiration through this unique interaction.

Co-founder of AGT, Sam Bledsoe, explains: “We consider our writing to be a collaboration, a shared experience, between writer and reader that makes writing and reading more satisfying for both of us.”

More information: www.authorsguildoftn.org, www.wuot.org, www.facebook.com/authorsguildoftn, www.facebook.com/wuotfm

Sunday at 1:30 PM – 3 PM
Old Gray Cemetery, 543 N Broadway St, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Just north of downtown Knoxville, Old Gray Cemetery is a little-known historic jewel. Founded in 1850 as part of the rural park cemetery movement, it became a popular destination for carriage rides and picnics. 1860-1910, when most of the graves were dug, were some of the most violent decades of Knoxville’s history, as well as the heyday of the local marble industry, when the fashion for elaborate monuments and statuary was at its zenith.

Proceeds benefit the Old Gray Cemetery Association
Reservations required book online or call 865-309-4522
– Adults: $15
– Children 6-12: $10
– Group rates available

https://www.facebook.com/events/1984805591580378/
865-522-1424 or www.oldgraycemetery.org

Sunday at 2 PM – 9 PM
745 North Broadway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Thanks to you, on Nov. 4 we are celebrating ONE WHOLE YEAR in the neighborhood!

We’re going to be real jerks and keep the name from you until Sunday BUT we will tell you that this Belgian Dark Strong Ale is so powerful it’s sure to bring you, as our brewers say, “Out of the dark and into the light."

This bold beer is brewed with Bohemian Pilsner, Munich, Amber, Chocolate, Flaked Rye, and Belgian Candi Sugar and hopped with Saaz and Nugget. Roastiness abounds along with notes of toasted caramel, bitter chocolate, coffee, dried fig and cherry, and ABV is 8.5%.

Here's to our first year and here’s to looking forward to many more! https://www.facebook.com/events/166615757619716/

The non-profit, CISV Smoky Mountain Chapter, is hosting two Fun Days for youth, young adults and parents to learn about our organization and if interested, be able to apply for possible International Travel during the summer of 2019.

The first one will be Sunday, November 4th, 2018 from 3-5pm
The second will be Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 from 3-5pm.

Our “Fun Days” will be at Pond Gap Elementary School, 4530 Papermill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909
This is a free community event!
www.Smokymntcisv.org

The District Gallery's upcoming First Friday exhibit, Bill Suttles: Take Five, opening Friday, November 2, from 5-8 p.m.

A lifelong jazz enthusiast, Bill Suttles has spent the year rediscovering jazz music with the help of a new gadget, his Amazon "Alexa." In the expressive color and form of his abstract and landscape paintings, Suttles recaptures the mood of a nostalgic musical era. Also featured will be ceramic artists Dan and Nisha Ferguson of DaNisha Sculpture, visiting from New Mexico by popular demand. This will be a rare opportunity to view DaNisha's one-of-a-kind sculptural works, notably a range of Knoxville-themed ceramic bowls; the artists will also be taking custom Knoxville bowl orders on opening night! Please join us for a night of fine art inspired by jazz, with a live musical performance by an up-and-coming jazz trio (Zach Ward, Hannah McKay and John McKay).

This event is free and open to the public.

The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: M-F 10-5:30, Sa 10-4. Information: 865-200-4452, www.TheDistrictGallery.com

Coming to Happy Holler this November, it'll be open for just five months, so we're going to put as much awesome stuff in there as we can before it's gone forever! You can read more about how this came about in this article in the Knoxville News Sentinel as well as this article in Inside Of Knoxville.

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/10/03/new-knoxville-popup-music-venue-outpost-announced/1511021002/

https://insideofknoxville.com/2018/10/new-pop-up-concert-series-announced/

With the new venue, we are already off and running announcing shows. We already have tickets on sale for our first five shows plus, you can register (for free) to come to our grand opening event!
• firekid on Thursday, November 1st
• Strung Like a Horse on Friday, November 2nd
• Hardcastle on Saturday, November 3rd
• Free Grand Opening Event With Music From Jubal on Friday, November 9th
• William Wild on Friday, November 16th
• Vacation Manor on Thursday, November 29th

And more! Open through March 2019 at 109 W. Anderson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. http://knoxvillemusicwarehouse.com/the-outpost

Recent works by Suzanne Jack and Nelson Ziegler will be featured throughout November at the Art Market Gallery. An opening reception for the artists, including complimentary refreshments and live music performed by Cat's Away, will begin at 5:30 p.m. on November 2nd, during Downtown Knoxville's monthly First Friday Art Walk.

The show will highlight woodturned platters, bowls and other 3-D forms by Nelson Ziegler, as well as a new series of paintings by Suzanne Jack focussed on the urban Knoxville landscape and viewing the Sunsphere from a variety of vantage points. After Jake Butcher brought the World's Fair to Knoxville in 1982, the Sunsphere remains as a celebration of world culture in harmony.

Owned and operated by more than 60 professional regional artists, the Art Market Gallery, at 422 South Gay St., is a few doors away from Mast General store and next to Downtown Grill & Brewery. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on First Fridays; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The gallery is wheelchair accessible, and parking in the abutting garage and on the street is free on weekends and after 6 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 865-525-5265, or visit artmarketgallery.net or facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

To celebrate their 70th anniversary as part of the Knoxville community, Zoo Knoxville will be offering 70 cent admission with the donation of a non-perishable food item for Mission of Hope or pet supplies for Young-Williams Animal Center, The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and Knox County’s Office on Aging PAWS program Nov. 1-30, 2018.

General zoo admission tickets for ages four and up are 70 cents each and parking is free Nov. 1-30, 2018, with a donated item for each ticket. To ensure a safe and pleasant experience for guests, a limited number of tickets are available for each day, and advance online purchase is required. Tickets can be purchased online at zooknoxville.org.

The donations help local non-profit organizations Mission of Hope, Young-Williams Animal Center, The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and Knox County Office on Aging’s Knox PAWS program.

Zoo Knoxville, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.zooknoxville.org

November 1, 2, & 4, at 8:00 PM.

Nero - Sarah Toth
Directed by: Marya Barry
Performed in collaboration with Inner Voices String Quartet

“The Nero Monologues” is a one woman pastiche opera created and performed by international soprano and writer, Sarah Toth. Combining multiple elements to create an immersive audience experience, the show journeys the inner workings of the notorious Roman emperor during his final hours. Poetry by Geoffrey Lehmann is both spoken and set to music with a score by Peter James Learn and the new material is contrasted with existing pieces by Monteverdi, Handel, and Copeland among others. The resulting work explores themes of abandonment, abuse, passion, sexual identity, love, and power and comes together to paint a portrait of a damaged man; equal parts crazed artist and idealistic ruler. Inner Voices String Quartet collaborates to bring this story to life.

Tickets $30 adults, $15 students.

At Candoro Arts & Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920.

Organization Link: www.MarbleCityOpera.com
Ticket Link: https://NeroMonologues.BrownPaperTickets.com
FB Event Link: www.facebook.com/events/335388510334876/

"Sacred and Profane" exhibition the Frieson Black Cultural Center (extended)

The art gallery at the Frieson Black Cultural Center is featuring "Sacred and Profane," a retrospective exhibition of mixed-media prints by Marc Z. DeBose. DeBose, who received his MFA in Studio Art (printmaking) in 2002, died unexpectedly on Monday April 2, 2018 from a ruptured aorta. Marc’s father Frank DeBose, who loaned most of the works for this exhibition, is Professor Emeritus in Visual Communication Design at the School of Art Institute of Chicago where Marc completed his BFA in printmaking, electronic art and photography in 1996. The exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate his creative spirit. The exhibition will run through February 28, 2019.

Several of the works in the exhibition are from Marc’s MFA thesis, which examined the African-American experience in relationship to community police-work. These works also express the influences of his synthesis of Catholic and Pentecostal roots on family and community interactions. Following his MFA degree, Marc Z, DeBose continued his studio practice while also pursuing a career as a Chicago policeman.

1800 Melrose Ave., Knoxville. https://art.utk.edu/mixed-media-prints-by-utk-alumnus-marc-z-debose-at-the-frieson-black-cultural-centerr/

The Bard's shortest and spookiest play comes to life on KCT's stage. A chance for teens to see Shakespeare interpreted by their peers...

A brave soldier named Macbeth receives a prophecy that he will one day be King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth carries out a murderous plot, allowing him to seize the throne. But the couple are wracked with guilt and paranoia, which lead to darker and darker crimes, ushering the couple into the realm of madness. Widely read in area high schools, Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy is a cautionary tale about the damaging psychological effects of unchecked ambition.

CHANGE OF OPENING - SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH TO OPEN OCTOBER 27

The live play will be performed October 27 through November 11:
Sat., October 27 at 1 PM ONLY
Sun., October 28 at 3 PM
Thurs., November 1 at 7 PM
Fri., November 2 at 7 PM
Sat., November 3 at 1 PM & 5 PM
Sun., November 4 at 3 PM & 7 PM
Thurs., November 8 at 7 PM
Fri., November 9 at 7 PM
Sat., November 10 at 1 PM & 5 PM
Sun., November 11 at 3 PM & 7 PM

The play is performed by 19 talented young actors, from ages 12 to 17. Dale Gross, a student at Sweetwater High, will portray the doomed Macbeth, and Lauren Rymer, a student at Bearden High, plays Lady Macbeth.

KCT Academy Director Dennis E. Perkins will direct the production. Local fight choreographer Carolyn Corley is the combat director. TICKETS are $12 per Adult, $10 per child. Reservations are strongly recommended. Group rates are available for groups of 12 or more. To obtain a group rate, reservations must be placed by telephone. Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com