Calendar of Events

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will present its 6th annual Haiti Fest Friday, October 25, 5:30 - 9 pm at the Southern Depot downtown. The theme this year is “The Faces of Haiti.” It will feature authentic Haitian cuisine, Caribbean music, original folk and local art, all to benefit K-13 education at St. Francis Xavier School in Fond des Blancs, Haiti. Admission, which includes dinner, is $20 per adult and $10 per child. The Southern Depot is at 318 W. Depot Ave, Knoxville. For more information, visit www.facebook/KnoxvilleHaitiFest.

Southern Depot, 306 W Depot Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917

At St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Celebrate the 175th anniversary of St. John's Cathedral with esteemed local historian Jack Neely and legendary Knoxville singer/songwriter R.B. Morris. Take a journey through the years with behind-the-scenes historical tour and special musical experience.

We’ll be conducting an unusual program in celebration of the renovation of the 1892 building we know as St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral at the corner of Cumberland and Walnut. With the help of our old friend R.B. Morris, we’ll be emphasizing the fairly astonishing creative and musical history of the place. Come sit in the room James Agee was baptized in, and where they held the funeral for Schumann and Mendelssohn associate Gustavus Knabe, who introduced classical music to Knoxville.

Knoxville History Project, 516 West Vine Avenue #8, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-300-4559, www.Knoxvillehistoryproject.org

The UT Arboretum Society will present an educational program about bats on Friday, October 25th, at 7:00 p.m. in the UT Arboretum Auditorium in Oak Ridge.

An expert in bats and their environments, Pandy Upchurch, Assistant Chief of Biological Diversity with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, will talk about “Living with Tennessee Bats.” She will address the many advantages bats provide the environment and how people and bats can co-exist. As an interesting case study, she will discuss the problem Oak Ridge High School had with a bat infestation this past summer.

This very popular program is free but seating is limited, so people must RSVP in advance to “Living with Bats.” Go to http://utarboretumsociety.org/ or call 865-483-7277. Make sure to RSVP with the total number in your party.

Andrea (Pandy) Upchurch holds a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a master’s degree in Biology from Austin Peay State University. She has been an interpretive naturalist for 35 years at such places as the Nature Station at Land Between the Lakes, Dunbar Cave State Natural Area and the Warner Parks Nature Center. She is now TWRA’s Assistant Chief of Biodiversity and Endangered Species Coordinator.

To learn more about the Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org. For more information on the program, call 865-483-7277 or mcampani@utk.edu.

Marketer Things: AMA Knoxville's Annual Conference
$20 – $85

Get ready to turn your marketing Upside Down. AMA Knoxville's "Marketer Things" is a day-long opportunity for you to uncover the secrets behind exceptional communications strategy - tactics even more effective than walkie talkies and ham radios...

It's true, we're not in the 80's anymore. We're bringing in some modern marketing experts to share their knowledge in content, digital, social media, video, and dungeon mastery (well, maybe not that last bit).

Whether you work for an agency or on a corporate/non-profit team, serve as a solo marketing operation, or own your own business - the day's sessions and speakers will help take your marketing skills to the next (almost supernatural) level.

Location: Emporium Center, 100 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marketer-things-ama-knoxvilles-annual-conference-tickets-73202349197

Please join us for the closing reception, 7-10pm

Work by newish member Eleanor Aldrich and Barbara Weissberger who form the long-distance material collaboration ALDRICH+WEISSBERGER

ABOUT THE SHOW:
Our collaborative installations combine original objects, sculptures, paintings, and photographs that come together from our separate studios to form a new work. As we work in separate regions of the country, the meeting and melding of our work is phenomenological – a third thing resulting from shared formal sensibilities and overlapping philosophical concerns. The work comes together through Skype chats, emails, individual material investigations, and the final in-person negotiation of the works in relation to each other and in space. We are curious about perception and reality. Together our work forms structures within which the actual (real) thing, abstraction, pictorial space and physical space freely circulate and mingle. We make (or alter) all the objects in the installations, and even the flattest parts (photograph and canvas) are called out as physical objects.

Mops, drains, buckets, rags, dustpans, brooms, vacuum cleaners and other tools of cleaning and maintenance will form the central imagery of CUSTODIA. Cleaning tools are liminal - dirty in that they are always touching things that are dirty, but necessary for cleanliness. The banal is blurred with the mystical, the chore with the compulsion to create. Dirty and abject things may appear authentic and trustworthy in that they are by definition non-seductive and contain no outer shell of artifice, which infers some interior meaning--though the clutter is arranged, and the colors to be strewn are chosen.

ABOUT ALDRICH + WEISSBERGER: Eleanor Aldrich and Barbara Weissberger met as participants in The Drawing Center’s inaugural Open Sessions program in 2014 where their work was paired based on their mutual affinities. Since meeting they have collaborated on work that has appeared in group exhibitions (Material Outreach Program at the Drawing Center, NY), solo installations at GRIN Providence (Hive And Double) and the University of Pittsburgh (Dirty Work), and now CUSTODIA at Courtside, Knoxville. They continue to be curious about the tensions between the actual and illusion, perception and reality. All of their installations have referenced mundane objects, tools of cleaning (domestic and institutional) as well as tools of the studio.

C for Courtside, 513 Cooper Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: cforcourtside@gmail.com, www.cforcourtside.com

Hosted by UTK Diversity Educators
Friday at 9 AM – 3 PM
Frieson Black Cultural Center, 1800 Melrose Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916

Join Diversity Educators on October 25th for our annual Diversity Dialogue Symposium. This year's theme is "Meet Me at the Polls: Seeking Out Your Political Identity in a Divided Climate."

The schedule of the day's events and more details are coming soon!
https://www.facebook.com/events/470307310483026/

The University of Tennessee Press is proud to host the Book Jacket Journal Show, exhibiting the best in Book design, jackets, and journals from publishers in the Association of University Presses Tuesday, October 22, 10AM-4PM in the lobby of the Art & Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd.

The exhibit can also be viewed at the Press's offices from October 23 to November 1, 600 Henley Street, 110 Conference Center Bldg.

For more information contact UT Press at 865-974-3321.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris is hosting a Fall Student Art Show October 21 - October 30.

Art created by Clinton Elementary School will be on display with a closing reception on Wednesday, October 30, from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center: 2716 Andersonville Highway, Clinton, TN. Hours: M-Sa 10-6, Su 1-5. Information: 865-494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net

Elysia Mann, Raymond Padrón, Joshua Shorey

Three Tennessee artists whose work addresses themes in common: pairs, piling, salt, shells, sight, stiffness, suits, transformation.

Jerry Drown Wood Gallery , Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gallery hours: M-R 8:30-5, Fri 8:30-4, Saturdays call ahead. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Reception: October 18, 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tu-Th 9-5, or by appointment. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartcenter.com

Trick or Treat with the Stalactites & Stalagmites!
Bring your little trick or treaters in their favorite costumes and bring their bags or buckets to collect treats along the cave path at Historic Cherokee Caverns! Walk among the stalactites and stalagmites and enjoy the world's only underground vortex tunnel! There are fun surprises around every corner!
Enjoy the scenery inside the cave!

Cherokee Caverns is decked out in purple and orange lights and family friendly Halloween decorations! There will be food trucks and vendor booths for fun shopping and even more treats for the kids!

Make Trick or Treat in the Cave your new family tradition! All proceeds go right back into the protection and preservation of Cherokee Caverns. This event is run solely by volunteers who love protecting Cherokee Caverns and opening it up for you and your family to enjoy. It's Knoxville's hidden treasure!

Free Parking. Tickets may be purchased at our ticket booth upon arrival.
Admission is $10.00 per person for ages 4 & up.
Children under age 4 are free.
Cash & Credit Cards accepted.

Friday, October 18th - 5:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, October 19th - 3:00pm-8:00pm
Sunday, October 20th - 3:00pm-8:00pm

Friday, October 25th - 5:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, October 26th - 3:00pm-8:00pm
Sunday, October 27th - 3:00pm-8:00pm

Historic Chrerokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37931.
The cave is handicapped & wheelchair accessible
https://cherokeecaverns.com/trickortreat-in-the-cave

Come and join the spirits for a tour of Downtown Knoxville’s scariest landmarks. The tours, which last approximately two hours each, will visit the sites of some of Knoxville’s best-kept secrets. The tour will be about one and a half miles in length. All tours begin and end at James White’s Fort located at the intersection of Hill Avenue and Hall of Fame Drive. Ample free parking is available for tour participants at the Fort.

Tours are given October 17, 18, 22, 24, 28, 29, & 30th 7-9PM. Please plan to arrive between 6:30-6: 45 pm for check-in. Each tour will end with a marshmallow roast around the fires at the Fort.

Admission for Adults 16 and over will be $10.00 and $6.00 for children ages 6–15.

Reservations are requested for large groups of 12 or more and may be made by calling the Fort at (865) 525–6514.

RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW BEFORE THE GHOSTS AND GOBLINS DO! In case of inclement weather, please call James White’s Fort to find out if the tour is canceled. James White's Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave, Knoxville, TN 37915. Information: 865-525-6514, www.jameswhitefort.org