Calendar of Events

Does Momentum Dance Lab Showcase The Finest Modern Dance in Knoxville? Many would answer in the affirmative! These women have been honing their skills as dancers and choreographers since they were some of the finest child dancers in town many years ago. Rather than leave East TN to seek fame and fortune elsewhere, they decided to stay home and make a statement that excellence, in all of the arts, belongs in Knoxville. These dancers, living as teachers, graduate students, professionals, and mothers, have not abandoned their passion for their art in spite of their otherwise extraordinarily busy days, and their dedication to excellence is on display in every aspect of their upcoming show. It is the love of their craft that drives them to maintain a rigorous training, teaching, and rehearsal schedule, despite their already bustling lives.

You can see them perform at the Square Room, 4 Market Square, on Thursday, November 21 at 7PM, or Saturday November 23 at 2PM or 8PM. They will present some of their most celebrated repertoire, as well as new choreography, some featuring live music and live voices. There will be an open bar and a silent auction featuring goods, gifts, services, and art pieces from our community supporters of the arts.

General Admission $15, Students & Seniors $12, Penny4Arts (15 and under 1¢ with paid adult). Buy advance tickets save, $2 at www.momentumdancelab.org

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Nief-Norf, percussion

The first of four programs celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, this concert features Beethoven’s rhythmically pulsating Symphony No. 7, which Beethoven considered one of his best and Richard Wagner dubbed “The Apotheosis of the Dance.” Israeli-born composer Avner Dorman’s percussion concerto “Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!” is a multicultural tapestry of 21st century rhythms utilizing over 20 instruments, performed by members of Knoxville own contemporary Nief-Norf. Nief-Norf is a multi-tiered contemporary music ensemble devoted to the performance, scholarship, and commissioning of adventurous musical works. With percussionists at its nucleus, the ensemble seeks opportunities to challenge and expand their ideas about what contemporary classical music is and can be in the 21st Century. Founders Andrew Bliss and Kerry O’Brien took the ensemble's name from a descriptor of strange sounds: some say "bleep-blop," they prefer "nief-norf." A program with this much musical fire would not be complete with Beethoven’s Overture to Prometheus, the mythological hero who gave fire to humankind.

Each concert includes a 30-minute pre-concert chat at 6:30 p.m. with conductor and guest artist, allowing an up-close Q&A session, insights and background to the music. Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30 PM at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

At 306 West Depot Street, Knoxville, TN 37917

Event Times: Vendors available from 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Band performances from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
Price: Free
Location: Historic Southern Railway Station

Enjoy food, music, beer, and wine at Third Thursday food truck park! Knoxville’s best food trucks will be on site, and enjoy free musical performances! Kid and dog friendly! Each month we will feature different musical performances, and a variety of Knoxville's best food trucks.

https://blueslipwinery.com/foodtruckpark

All music performances are in the Clayton Performing Arts Center and are free and open to the public.

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

COMING HOME
AN EVENING OF MUSIC BENEFITING BRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES
THURSDAY, NOV 21 • 7:30PM

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

At Maple Hall at 6:30pm.

Join the Knoxville History Project and special guest Paula Johnson, author of Lost Restaurants of Knoxville. Just in time for Thanksgiving, Paula will be discussing the delicious, and sometime not so delicious, culinary history of Knoxville.

Over the past 225 years, Knoxville dining has come full circle–from early taverns and saloons to upscale continental cuisine and back to the roots of local eating experiences. Greek immigrants Frank and George Regas founded the legendary Regas Restaurant, which operated for 90 years, spreading culinary influence throughout the entire city. Early country music stars frequented Harold’s Deli while visiting the city to perform on Tennessee’s first live radio shows. Guests from around the world sat 266 feet in the air at the Sunsphere Restaurant, a fine dining establishment run by the Hardee’s Corporation during Knoxville’s World’s Fair. Discover these and many more fascinating stories as author and historian Paula Johnson dives back in time through the stories of the city’s great restaurants. Bill and Grady Regas will also be in attendance to share some personal memories from Regas Restaurant.

East Tennessee native Paula Johnson has made herself an expert in Knoxville history, haute cuisine, hole-in-the-wall eateries and hidden culinary hot spots. Since creating Knoxville Food Tours in 2010, Paula has personally led over eight hundred food tours and has also served as a step-on guide for bus groups touring Knoxville and the surrounding area. In 2016, she was asked to partner with the University of Tennessee’s Personal Development Food & Wine Courses and also with WDVX’s Tennessee Farm Table radio program. In 2017, Knoxville Food Tours received the Service Supplier of the Year Award from the Greater Knoxville Hospitality Association.
Paula’s book, along with several other KHP publications will be available for sale before and after the talk. Free Program. Bar food and beverages available for purchase. 21+ as per venue policy.

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

Powell Community Thanksgiving Celebration
Thursday, Nov 21
6:00 - 8:00pm

KIN (Knoxville Internationals Network) is partnering with Powell Elementary School to host their first Powell Community Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner! KIN has partnered with Norwood Elementary and Northwest Middle School in hosting a Norwood Community Thanksgiving Celebration for four years...now its time for a celebration in Powell!

As people from around the world to settle throughout metro Knoxville, we have the blessing of gathering around a common table to get to know one another and share our cultural heritage. Join us for food, fun and friendship!

When: Thursday, November 21st
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Powell Elementary School, 1711 Spring Street, 37849
Cost: FREE

Powell Neighbors: Each household is encouraged to bring food representing their cultural heritage to share. Turkeys and traditional sides will be provided by KIN's volunteers and church partners.

https://www.kin-connect.org/

For storytellers world-wide, mid-November is the time of Tellabration, an annual observance when stories are told in all corners of the world. Members of the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association will represent East Tennessee in this observance at an evening of stories on Thursday, November 21.

The event will take place at Bluetick Tavern (formerly Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria) located at 128 West Broadway Avenue in Maryville. Smoky Mountain tellers Sheri Liles, Millie Sieber, and Fred Goddard will provide the stories, and Bluetick Tavern will provide an all-you-care –to-eat pizza buffet. The buffet will be available beginning at 5:45 p.m. The stories will begin about 6:30 and continue until about 8:00 o’clock. The price is $22.50 for adults, $13.75 for children ages 6-12, and free for children 5 and under.

Tellabration is expected to draw a large audience, so reservations are recommended. To make a reservation, text your name and the number in your party to 865-803-8753. All reservations will expire at 6 p.m., and thereafter seating is first come, first served.

Sheri Liles, Millie Sieber, and Fred Goddard are each experienced and gifted tellers of stories, and each one has a unique telling style and repertoire. Because there is no theme for Tellabration, there is no way to anticipate the stories that will be told. Each teller is free to examine the audience and bring them the story they need to hear. The suspense will add to the enjoyment of the experience.

Tellabration began in 1987 when a Connecticut yarn spinner, J. G. Pinkerton, envisioned an international event as a means of building community support for storytelling. In 1988 the event was launched in six locations across Connecticut. Tellabration proved to be very popular and quickly extended around the globe. By 1997 there were Tellabration events on every continent but Antarctica.

The Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1994 and is devoted to preserving and advancing the art of oral storytelling. Members are folks who love telling, listening to, and rejoicing in a rich heritage of stories. There is a multitude of telling styles and genres among members. Traditional Appalachian tales, classical stories from foreign lands, contemporary fiction, and personal narratives are among the narratives shared as each story unfolds. For more information about the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association and its events, visit www.smokymountaintellers.org.

Enjoy a home-cooked meal with family, colleagues and friends at Arrowmont’s Souper Bowl XVI, November 21, 2019. Every participant chooses an original hand-crafted bowl – yours to keep! Lunch and dinner will be served in the historic Staff House Dining Hall on campus, and all proceeds benefit United Way of Sevier County.

Lunch ($30) will be served 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Endless soup, bread, and homemade cookies

Dinner ($35) will be served 5:00 to 6:30 pm
Endless soup, salad, bread, and homemade cookies

Sixteen years ago, Arrowmont’s faculty and staff wanted to find a way to utilize their skills and abilities to benefit our community. Sharing a meal was the perfect opportunity for fellowship with community members and utilize craft as a way to support United Way of Sevier County.
One of the highlights of Souper Bowl is choosing a bowl to bring home. Each hand-crafted bowl is unique in design, size, shape and color and a treasure to add to your collection. Every year, bowls are created by Arrowmont staff, instructors, students, and members of the local arts and crafts community. Arrowmont volunteers, educational assistants and resident artists have also contributed bowls throughout the year.

The menu is as interesting and varied as the bowls with soups, breads and cookies created by Arrowmont’s staff. Choose from: Jeff’s five alarm chili; Patsy’s potato leek soup, Anne’s shrimp curry, and Julia’s family recipe for chicken noodle soup or try them all. Patsy Henry, Arrowmont’s renowned baker for over 40 years, makes cookies and chocolate buttermilk cake for dessert and homemade yeast bread and cornbread.

Arrowmont and United Way partner for this celebration of food, craft and fellowship. You may reserve tickets by calling Arrowmont, 865-436-5860 or stopping by 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Tickets may also be purchased at United Way, 140 Court Street, #1, Sevierville, 865-366-3335. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase at the door on November 21, 2019. Tickets are $30 for lunch and $35 for dinner with an additional salad. Art raffle tickets are offered during each meal at $5 each. You may win a handmade art object, made by a local artist or one of Arrowmont’s highly skilled instructors. Raffle items include baskets, mugs, the Arrowmont cookbook, and jewelry. These items are great for gifts for yourself or friends. All proceeds benefit United Way of Sevier County.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

A Tale of Two Wells: Evidence for the Missing Infants in Ancient Greece

The 13th Harry C. Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Archaeology presents Maria Liston, "A Tale of Two Wells: Evidence for the Missing Infants in Ancient Greece."

One of the ongoing problems in the study of ancient Greece is the scarcity of infant remains in cemeteries.

Two recently studied wells in the Athenian Agora and Eretria, Euboia offer clues to the missing infants. It appears that midwives, the common participant in many births, may have been disposing of infants who died at or shortly after birth in these wells. The infant remains provide some of the first evidence for perinatal infection, developmental defects, and other causes of high infant mortality in ancient Greece. These deposits suggest that this alternative form of burial may have been more common than previously recognized.

This event is free and open to the public, with reception to follow.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: M-Sa 9-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Vendors available from 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Band performances from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
Price: Free
Location: Historic Southern Railway Station

https://blueslipwinery.com/foodtruckpark

Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
The Central Collective, 923 N Central St, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Cost: $50
Food and Drink: BYOB. Light Snacks Provided
Dress Code: There is a possibility your clothes could get messy.
Physical Activity: Low
Good Sport Level: 2/5

CALLING ALL GOOD SPORTS!

Here's the deal. You purchase a ticket to a mystery event. Show up to The Central Collective at the specified date and time, and be ready for anything. Past events have included: a live studio game show, glass blowing, pizza making, trapeze lessons, an underground arcade, and a miniature horse petting zoo. These are events for folks who are curious, adventurous, and like trying new things & meeting new people.

We'll do our best to give you the information you need to decide if this month's Good Sport Night is right for you. If you have any concerns regarding dietary preferences, physical ability, or anything else, don't hesitate to give us a shout! Unless otherwise noted, these events are not programmed for children.

https://www.facebook.com/events/706982976483845/