Calendar of Events

Thanksgiving Centerpieces - November 10th
We're thankful for another great year of delivering hope! We hope you'll join us in making festive, fall centerpieces perfect for your Thanksgiving table!
Ticket price includes container, flowers, and instruction on floral arranging.
Coffee, water, and light appetizers will be provided. BYOB for participants 21 and over.

Tickets at:
https://knoxville.randomactsofflowers.org/events/flowers-after-hours/

About the Repticon Knoxville Show:
Repticon made further headway into Tennessee in February 2014 with the exciting arrival of Repticon Knoxville! Now hosted at the Kerbela Shriners, enthusiasts will enjoy this opportunity of another great reptile and exotic animal show with thousands of top quality animals not found anywhere else in the area. The complete experience includes socializing with fellow herpers in interactive live animal presentations, free raffles, and shopping among all the supplies, cages, merchandise and feeders to support new pets. Check back for the continuing excitement of Repticon Knoxville!

Event Times: Saturday: 10:00am-5:00pm (VIP Entry at 9:00am) Sunday: 10:00am-4:00pm (No VIP Early Entry)
Price: Adults $10.00, Children (5-12) $5.00, Under 5 - Free
https://repticon.com/tennessee/knoxville/
At Kerbela Shriners, 315 Mimosa Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37920
Info: (863) 268-4273

November 8, 2019 @ 10:00 am – November 10, 2019 @ 5:00 pm

This Holiday Season, the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center is proud to announce the return of the Smoky Junction Model Train Exhibit. Running through the season, the exhibit is sure to be a delightful experience, because nothing says holiday enchantment quite like seeing little faces look on in wonderment as model trains zip by. With three different displays and including a bit of history from the Townsend/ Walland area, this exhibit will showcase different styles and scales of model trains and is sure to be a joy to the whole family, as well as train enthusiasts.

This exhibit, in operation on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at the Heritage Center, brings back the fond memories of the holiday trains of our childhoods. “The Maryville Model Railroad Club has been instrumental in helping us design and creating these displays. We hope that this experience becomes an annual holiday tradition for the families in our community and for folks of all ages.” says Logan Hull, Director of Special Events at the Heritage Center. “We hope that we can create memories that will last a lifetime for families and promote this unique hobby, all while sharing the great history of this region. This is the perfect way for the Heritage Center to promote the history of our region in a fun and engaging way, while giving our guests an experience like none other!”

A special “Boarding Pass” will be included in the admission price to the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center ($8 for adults, $6 for Children & Seniors) on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from November 8th through January 5th. It can also be purchased separately for only $4 for ages 6 and up. This experience is free to the members of the Heritage Center. Each day the trains are running, a knowledgeable member of the MMRC will be onsite to answer any questions and to show how they run the trains.

10am-5pm on Friday and Saturday; 12pm-5pm Sundays

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: M-Sa 10-5. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

Paintings by Lynda Best will be exhibited November 1 thru December 31 In Westminster Presbyterian Church's Shilling Gallery. Her bold acrylic paintings are inspired by "Nature's transforming powers directly witnessed in the growth
cycle of the flowers and the seasonal changes in water levels in our streams and rivers."
She is a recent recipient of one of the Art and Culture Alliance's Bailey grants.

Monday thru Thursday, 9 AM to 4 PM, Friday, 9 AM to Noon
Westminster Presbyterian Church's Schilling Gallery
6500 Northshore Dr.
(865-584-3957)
www.wpcknox.org

Tennessee Stage Company presents its 30th anniversary Timeless Works Series special

When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood’s hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also! The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. When he shows up at the sanitarium looking for is lost friend Harvey, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood’s delusion has had a strange influence on more than one of the doctors. Only at the end does Veta realize that maybe Harvey isn’t so bad after all.

Come see this classic comedy at the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 706 N Broadway. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. For advanced tickets, call (865) 546-4280 or visit www.TennesseeStage.com.

Based on the Jena Six, six black students were charged with attempted murder for a school fight after being provoked with nooses hanging from a tree on campus. This bold new play by Dominique Morisseau examines the miscarriage of justice, racial double standards and the crises in relations between men and women of all classes and, as a result, the shattering state of African American family life.

November 8, 9, 15, 16 at 7:30 p.m.
November 10 & 17 at 2 p.m.

All theatre performances are in the Clayton Performing Arts Center. Purchase tickets at www.pstcc.edu/tickets.

Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

The 2019 Christmas Fair is a Christmas Shoppers' Paradise with arts, crafts, gifts and more! Mark your calendar for November 8, 9, and 10! Friday, 2:00-8:00PM, Saturday, 10:00AM-8:00PM, Sunday, 12:00-5:00pm.

The Christmas Fair is held at the Knoxville Expo Center on Clinton Highway at the Merchants Drive Exit off I-75, about 5 miles north of downtown Knoxville. Now in our 37th year, we have been at the Expo Center for the last 17 Christmas Fairs. The Expo Center offers the convenience of one level shopping and easy handicapped access.

Information 865-687-3976.

Nemorino is in love with Adina, but he's poor, and Adina won't give him the time of day. Through the wonders of a special love potion, Nemorino's fortunes begin to change in this delightful comedy by Donizetti.

Friday, November 8 at 8:00pm
Saturday, November 9 at 2:30pm and 8:00pm
Sunday, November 10 at 2:30pm

$20 for adults, $15 for seniors 60+, and $5 for students with a school ID and youth under 18.
At the Bijou Theatre 803 Gay St., Knoxville, TN
Info: 865-974-5678, https://music.utk.edu/opera/

Don't miss out on November Store Sales!
11/8-10, 50% off Toys & Kids Clothes
11/11, 25% off with Military ID
11/29, Black Friday Sale! Details to come.

http://www.goodwillknoxville.org/sales

Goodwill Industries-Knoxville: 865-588-8567

Opening Reception, Thursday, November 7, 5:30 - 7:30pm in the Ewing Gallery before the Artist in Residence Lecture at 7:30pm in room 109, A+A Building

The Ewing Gallery will be closed November 27 - December 1 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

The Ewing Gallery is pleased to present AIR Retrospective an exhibition that showcases work from the Ewing Gallery permanent Collection by past UT School of Art Artists in Residence. We will also be exhibiting the AIR of UT Print Portfolio, a 3 portfolio suite of digital prints curated by UT School of Art Alumni, Wade Guyton, Meredyth Sparks, and Josh Smith. The AIR of UT Print Portfolio features work by many past Artists in Residents and alumni of UT. Several sculptural works and drawings by former UT School of Art painting professor, Michael Brakke will also be on display. Brakke, who passed away in 2010 was instrumental recruiting AIRs and developing the UT Artist in Residence program.

The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard
Art and Architecture Building, Knoxville, Tn 37996

Zoo Knoxville is paying it forward November 7-10, 2019, by offering $5 general admission tickets when guests bring a donation for Young-Williams Animal Center, Mission of Hope, the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley or Knox County’s Office on Aging PAWS program.

General zoo admission tickets for ages four and up are $5 each and parking is free November 7-10, 2019, 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 www.zooknoxville.org.

Items needed are non-perishable food item, hygiene item, new children’s toys, dog or cat food or new pet toys (no rawhide or bones). 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 stock their pantries.

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

We are so pleased to announce our first open call small works show! The Big Tiny Show is a national juried exhibition of over 100 small works by a diverse group of local and regional artists. $1500 in cash awards will be juried by longtime Knoxville artist Joe Parrott. Please join us this First Friday, November 1 from 5-8 p.m. to meet local artists, get a sneak peek at our holiday collection, and enjoy this big show of delightfully tiny art!

Show extended until end of December!

The District Gallery & Framery, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
(865) 200-4452 or www.TheDistrictGallery.com
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10-5:30, Saturday 10-4