Calendar of Events

HoLa Hora Latina: November First Friday, 5-9 PM

We have a fun celebration planned for November's First Friday! We will have crafts on display and for sale, as well as Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) altars.

HoLa Hora Latina, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 112, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-335-3358, www.holahoralatina.org

November 1 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

November First Friday at Dogwood Arts will feature work by Amanda Thompson, Lauren Karnitz, Lacey Sutton, and Colleen Thornbrugh.

Amanda Thompson - www.etsy.com/shop/BoxofPearlsbyAmanda
Box of Pearls came into focus after the birth of my daughter, Pearl. While staying home with her, I took the opportunity to grow my love of making jewelry, and developed an online business. In the years that have passed, my style and ideas have transformed, but one thing has always stayed firm; I love creating meaningful jewelry. It is my way of connecting with others, my mode of giving back to my community, and the platform on which I express myself. Jewelry makes a statement, and means something different
to each of us. I most enjoy the feeling it offers as a gift; to celebrate milestones, to show you care, to remember a loved one, to support, or just to show off your personal style. Medical alert/ID, personalized, and classic designs with a modern touch, are my specialties.

Colleen Thornbrugh - www.collthorn.com
Colleen Thornbrugh is a professional and teaching artist from Knoxville, TN. Colleen has years of experience working in the community teaching K-12 children. Colleen has taught hundreds of students and has worked extensively teaching art with the Great Schools Partnership in Knoxville via the Knoxville Museum of Art, University of Tennessee, Boys & Girls Clubs and more. Colleen enjoys teaching a wide range of students including homeschool students ages K-12 at Thursday Connection Homeschool Cooperative. She has a passion for helping her students experiment with many different media – everything from oil pastels to stop motion animation and puppet building! When not teaching classes, Colleen works as a painter from her home studio. Colleen’s paintings are mainly non-representational, meant to evoke the inner landscape. She loves to work intuitively, experimenting with color and texture.Colleen lives in Knoxville with her husband and loves her city.

Lacey Sutton - www.suttonceramics.com
Sutton Ceramics is a small Knoxville based Business owned and operated by myself, Lacey Sutton. I make unique wheel thrown pottery and handmade porcelain jewelry. I hope to create pieces that honor the beautiful tradition of pottery, while also offering a fresh and modern interpitation of the craft. I have always loved to create. My childhood home had an attic “craft room” were much of my time was spent. The floors were always covered in crayons and loose glitter that stuck to my naked toes. Today the glitter has been replaced by floors covered in clay drips and porcelain dust, but I love it even more. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to spend my days creating, hands and feet covered in clay, and at home, kiddos by my side. I am so grateful for all the people who have made my dreams a reality, by supporting my work, and buying and using the things I make.

Lauren Karnitz - www.laurenkarnitz.com
Lauren Karnitz earned a B.A. in English Education and Russian Literature from New York University in 1992, taught English in New York City, then accepted a job in Seattle. In 2001 she returned to academia to pursue her first love, painting. In 2004, while completing her Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing at University of Tennessee, Lauren opened Three Flights Up Gallery in downtown Knoxville, where she was founding partner and curator through 2009. Lauren remains active in Knoxville’s art community, while exhibiting her own work and raising two boys. Her work is in galleries and private collections around the country.

Dogwood Arts, 123 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com
Gallery hours M-F 9-5

Toxic. Misinformation. Justice.

The definition of these three words was how the Oxford Dictionary, Dictionary.com, and Merriam-Webster, respectively, described the past year.

In 2018, social movements were at the forefront of the news with discussions on sexual assault, gun violence, and racial, gender, and sexual inequality. A year later, artwork by 14 student artists interprets the meaning of the words depicting 2018 in a collaborative student juried exhibition.

The show, Toxic. Misinformation. JUSTICE., is a collaboration by students at Fisk University, Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

“I think it’s important that we provide opportunities to create community and engage in discussions outside of our region,” said Althea Murphy-Price, associate professor of printmaking. “I think it’s crucial now more than ever that students see we don’t just talk about topics of inclusion and community.”

Artwork by Rachel Doub, Sarah Emory, Celine Gobert, Cole O’Keeffe, and Kalyn Roberts represent UT in the exhibition. Emory, a senior majoring in studio art, contributed photographs from an on-campus protest against white nationalists that occurred in February of 2018. Other topics in the exhibition include racial and gender identity, self-hatred, and veteran suicide and homelessness. Doub, a studio art senior, created a performative sculpture that expresses her own experience with injustices. The show also includes work by Nuveen Barwari, an alumna of TSU and a current MFA student in the School of Art at UT.

The work will be displayed from September 16 to October 11 at Tennessee State University’s Hiram Van Gordon Gallery in Nashville, and at UT’s Student Union Gallery November 1 through 22. Each gallery will host receptions from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, October 10 and Friday, November 1. Student panel discussions will take place at 3 p.m. before the receptions. https://art.utk.edu/words-come-to-life-in-student-juried-exhibition-depicting-2018/

Caesar has returned to Rome in triumph after a devastating civil war. However, a group of conspirators is disturbed by Caesar’s increasing power and ambition. To help their cause, they persuade Brutus, a good friend of Caesar and a man regarded through the city for his honesty and honor, that the welfare of Rome demands that Brutus conspire against his own friend. Brutus joins the conspiracy and set events in motion that will leave Rome in deadly peril.

The play will be performed Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM, Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM, and Sundays at 3 PM.

The play is performed by 16 talented young actors, from ages 12 to 17. Charlotte Stark, a KCT intern and student director of this season’s Little Women, plays the title role.

Performances are typically Thursday-Sunday, and tickets are $12 per Adult, $10 per child. Reservations are strongly recommended. Group rates are available for groups of 12 or more by making advance reservations by phone. Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com

Opening Reception: Nov 1, 6-9 p.m.
Last chance: Nov 9, 6-9 p.m.

At 23 Emory Place
https://www.a1labarts.com/

* NEW WEEKEND & LOCATION *
November 1, 2019: 10am-6pm, November 2, 2019: 10am-6pm, November 3, 2019: 10am-4pm

Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37912
Tickets are $7 p/day for adults. Available at the door.

https://www.foothillscraftguild.net/fall-show.html

The East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild presents the 20th Master Woodworkers Show, a biennial juried show highlighting the works of over 30 craftspeople and artists of East Tennessee and the surrounding region. The Show features many types of woodworking from traditional to whimsical, including fine furniture, cabinetry, turning, sculpture and marquetry. “We have a great show for 2019,” says Scott DeWaard, Show Director. “It happens only every other year, and for just three days. Our makers love to meet and chat with the public. If you admire fine, handmade furniture and want to know more about what sets it apart, then this is the show for you.”

The Show hours are Friday, November 1, 4:00-9:00 PM; Saturday, November 2, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; and Sunday, November 3, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

Among the participants in this year’s show are the following notable artisans: Curtis Buchanan (Jonesborough), Eric Cannizzaro (Gatlinburg), Jim Scarsella (Sevierville), Gustaf Rooth (Andersonville), Ron Clayton (Loudon), Scott DeWaard (Walland), Tad Gloecker (Bogart, GA), Chris Hedges (Athens, OH), Brian Horais (Knoxville), Al Hudson (Knoxville), Lou Mansur (Knoxville), Jeffrey Neil (Gray), Sandy Pittard (Walland), Stephen Shankles (Maryville), Alf Sharp (Woodbury), Kirk Shufelt (Cullowhee, NC), Dennis Siemsen (Oak Ridge), Jerry Spady (Oak Ridge), and Ronald Young (Chattanooga).

For more information, visit www.masterwoodworkers.org or https://www.facebook.com/Master-Woodworkers-Show-133794143347973/. The East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild thanks its sponsors: Woodcraft of Knoxville, Peach State Lumber Products, Lee Valley Tools, Ltd. A&M Supply, Homestead Timber Frames, Kevin Adams Cabinetry LLC, Jeffries Wood Works Inc. and Dan Duncan Cabinetmaker.

On display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. Information: (865) 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com

Friday, November 1, 2019, 6:00PM, at the Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley Street, Knoxville.

The Pride of the Southland Marching Band and the University of Tennessee invite you to join fellow alumni, friends and fans for a very special evening 150 years in the making! This sesquicentennial gala event will be hosted by former ESPN and ABC Sports personalityDr. Jerry Punch and will feature entertainment from Grammy Award-winning artist Lee Greenwood, a special performance by the Pride of the Southland, and many other surprises you will not want to miss.

A reception with cash bar will begin at 6:00PM. Ballroom doors open at 6:45PM. This event is open to all who love the Pride of the Southland. Business attire is requested.

Registration information for the gala will be available in July at https://alumni.utk.edu/homecoming

Authors Guild of Tennessee (AGT) will commemorate National Authors Day with “Celebrate Our Authors” on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. This inaugural event will be highlighted by a presentation with special guest author Robert Gipe, the award-winning author of Weedeater and Trampoline.

EIGHT FEATURED AUTHORS who were selected by a distinguished panel of book sellers and literary professionals, will also present. The contest was open to all published authors living in east Tennessee with a book published within the last four years.

Event schedule:
Union Ave Books • 517 Union Ave.
10:30am - Save the Ocean by Bethany Stahl
10:50am - King Alfred and the Queen’s Missing Crown by Anna Skjei
3:30pm - Never Justice, Never Peace by Ginny Ayers
3:50pm - The Garden of Fragile Beings by Carolyn Welch
4:10pm - Geezer Stories by Laura Mansfield
Break / Signing
5:00pm - The Dead Shall Rise by Melanie Hutsell
5:20pm - Pushing Back by Jim Hartsell
5:40pm - Jack and the Dragon Man's Daughter by Devon Koren

East Tennessee History Center • 601 S. Gay Street
7:00pm - Weedeater by Robert Gipe

This one-day event has been celebrating authors and the books they write since 1949, when the United States Department of Commerce officially recognized November 1 as National Authors Day. Presented for the first time in Knoxville by the Authors Guild of Tennessee, the day will recognize and honor local authors and raise awareness to our rich literary community. The Knoxville Writers’ Guild and Union Ave Books will join AGT in hosting author presentations throughout the day – most of which will take place at Union Ave Books.

The Authors Guild of Tennessee 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.
More information: www.authorsguildoftn.org, www.facebook.com/authorsguildoftn, www.knoxvillewritersguild.org, www.unionavebooks.com

Alive After Five is a unique live music series that takes place in the smoke-free, casually elegant setting of the Ann and Steve Bailey Hall in the Knoxville Museum of Art. There is a live band on stage, seating at tables, two cash bars, food from area restaurants, free freshly popped popcorn, and free parking. Audience members can enjoy listening to music, dancing, and browsing the museum’s art galleries. Admission is $15 for general and $10 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free.

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

Muscadine Bloodline with SixForty1
November 1 2019 at 8:00 PM (Doors 7:00 PM).
The Mill & Mine
227 W. Depot Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917
$15.00
Ages 18+

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

Tennessee's Musical Ambassadors, UT Singers, celebrate 70 years!

Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
8pm

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd 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