Calendar of Events

The Museum will host a student-focused event; a day to step back in time enjoy the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of pioneer Southern Appalachian traditions and old-time demonstrations of the fall harvest season. The event will feature demonstrations from blacksmiths, spinners, weavers, basket makers, sawmillers, sheep shearers, broom makers, beekeepers, and dozens of other artisans. We’ll also have tons of activities, from spelling bees to storytelling.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM each day

2819 Andersonville Hwy., Clinton, TN 37716
https://wwwmuseumofappalachiaorg.ticketleap.com/fall-heritage-days-2023/

For the sixth year, Mabry-Hazen House will exhibit the darker history of Americans' experiences with death, burial, and Spiritualism during their immersive A Victorian Séance Experience. Séances occur every 20 minutes starting at 6:30 pm and ending at 10:30pm (Thurs-Sat) or 8:50pm(Sun). Guests select a specific date and time to reserve seats at the table. Each session is limited in size. We strongly recommended tickets be purchased in advance before your preferred time is sold out. All sitters must be age 10 or older.

Adult General Admission (18+): $25.00
Mabry-Hazen Member Admission*: $20.00
Youth General Admission (age 10-17): $15.00
*Become a Mabry-Hazen Member Today and Access Member Admission Prices
Get Seating Tickets! https://www.mabryhazen.com/seance

Additional fees may apply for tickets purchased online. To purchase tickets with a credit card over the phone or arrange for payment a different way, call the office at 865-522-8661 and ask for Whitney.

Dates & Times
• Thursday, October 26, 2023
o Séances: every 20 minutes from 6:30pm - 10:30pm
o House of Tarot: 6:00pm - 10:30pm
• Friday, October 27, 2023
o Séances: every 20 minutes from 6:30pm - 10:30pm
o House of Tarot: 6:00pm - 10:30pm
• Saturday, October 28, 2023
o Halloween Festival: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
o Séances: every 20 minutes from 6:30pm - 10:30pm
o House of Tarot: 2:00pm - 10:30pm
• Sunday, October 27, 2023
o Séances: every 20 minutes from 6:30pm - 8:50pm
o House of Tarot: 6:00pm - 9:30pm

Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave., Knoxville, TN 37915

Hours: Thursday 5-7 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM

Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 114, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: https://gallery1010.utk.edu/

October 26 - 28, 2023 | 8:00 pm - 10:00pm
Blount Mansion National Historic Landmark, 200 W. Hill Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902

Join us for a night of terror and intrigue on our Historically Haunting Halloween Tours! Explore Blount Mansion and learn about the chilling history of the Blount family, the city of Knoxville, and beyond! Let us be your ghastly guide to the afterlife as you encounter the dark and twisted corridors of the house where you'll hear tall tales of ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena that are prevalent throughout the hills of Appalachia. You may even have the chance to see some of the house's most eerie artifacts, including a Victorian hair wreath, a (possibly) possessed doll, and more. But beware! The spirits of the house are known to be restless, and they may just make an appearance during your tour. So be prepared for a night of terror and suspense as you explore the hallowed grounds of Blount Mansion. Tours are available on select nights in October; tickets are $10.00 and sell out quickly so book yours today on our Facebook page!

Tours will be conducted at:
Thursday - 8pm, 8:30pm, and 9pm.
Friday - 8pm, 8:30pm, 9pm, and 9:30pm
Saturday - 8pm, 8:30pm, 9pm, and 9:30pm.

Blount Mansion is owned and operated by the Blount Mansion Association, a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the unique history and value of the Blount Mansion National Historic Landmark and inspiring an appreciation of national, state, and local history through the site and the lives of those who lived and worked there. Blount Mansion was the home and capital of the first and only governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount, his family, and the enslaved members of the household. William Blount was a signer of the U.S. Constitution and played a pivotal role in Tennessee becoming the sixteenth state.

https://www.facebook.com/blountmansion
www.blountmansion.org

Photos developed from film and handwritten notes passed in class take on a new life in the mixed media exhibit “what abides here” at Pellissippi State Community College. The solo exhibition of artist Anna Halliwell Gianferante is on display in the Bagwell Center for Media and Art Gallery on the college’s Hardin Valley Campus through Nov. 17. Admission to the gallery is free, and it is open to the public weekdays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

A public reception with the artist will be held 3 - 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Bagwell Center, 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville.

The “what abides here” collection of mixed media works “meets at the junction of memory, photography, truth, glitches and loss,” said Gianferante, an Oak Ridge native who is now a full-time Art instructor at Pellissippi State. This body of work began with Gianferante’s master’s thesis, “Forget Me Not (Really)” for Savannah College of Art and Design. Gianferante sanded, erased and painted on personal photographs that depict moments with people and places no longer in her life. Gianaferante said the art creates separation between the figures and the viewer, just as the subjects of the photographs are now separated from the artist. Gianferante added to the exhibit with a collection of redacted notes she received in school as a teenager. The blank spaces serve as lapses in memory, she explained, while also abstracting the stories to make them unrecognizable. The final pieces of the exhibit showcase a different way of manipulating old photographs using artificial intelligence. Gianferante first erased parts of her original photos using AI and then printed them as cyanotypes to mimic the earliest processes of photography. By harnessing the sun to expose light onto fabric painted with light-sensitive chemicals, each print is unique based on both the weather and the time of exposure. “Some are so unrecognizable that the title is all that seems to be left of the original subject – pushing boundaries of memory and personal truth,” Gianferante said.

Gianferante earned her Master of Fine Arts in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design and her Master of Science in teacher education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has taught Art courses for more than 11 years in both K-12 public schools and higher education institutions. To request accommodations for any campus event, call 865.694.6411 or email accommodations@pstcc.edu.

Pellissippi State | 865.694.6638 | marketing@pstcc.edu | www.pstcc.edu
10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37933

One Health + Humanities Days is a three-day series of events showcasing the critical role that arts and humanities play in understanding and exploring sustainability and global wellbeing, including human, animal, plant, and environmental health. One Health + Humanities Days is a partnership between the UT Humanities Center and the UT One Health Initiative.
https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/programs/one-health-humanities-days/

• Mortality as an Object of Team Research: A SPARKS Event
• Pulitzer Prize Finalist David Haskell Lecture + Book Signing: “Sounds Wild + Broken: Learning From the Beginnings of Sound”
• 300 Years of Surgery: Marin Marais and a Musical Perspective on the Medical Humanities
• Environmental Change and the Decline of an Ancient City: The Case of Lixus, Northern Morocco (interactive exhibit in Hodges Library)
• Equine Health and Medicine: Historical & Literary Perspectives
• Black Maternal Health Community Think-Tank
• Climate Change, Language Change: Creating a Vocabulary of Healing Through Theatre Games (by invitation only)
• Lecture by Eric Avery, MD: “Art as (my) Medicine”
• Environmental Change and the Decline of an Ancient City: The Case of Lixus, Northern Morocco (interactive exhibit in Hodges Library)
• Lecture by Helene Sinnreich: “Public Health in Nazi Ghettos”
• Centering the Marginalized: Mitigating mental health issues while enhancing retention initiatives at PWIs
• Embodied Cinema: Affect, Dance, and Speculative Wellness
• Environmental Change and the Decline of an Ancient City: The Case of Lixus, Northern Morocco (interactive exhibit in Hodges Library)

October 15, 2023-Jan 30, 2024: Print Exhibition in UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery

Embrace the eerie excitement of Spooky Season with Ijams' spooktacular Hallo-Week! Prepare for illuminating night hikes, spine-tingling scary stories, and monster-themed workshops.

Attend the 1st Annual Scare Fair at Mead's Quarry on Saturday, October 28, featuring creepy creations from local artists, delectable delights from the G.I Taco food truck, a lively beer garden, and soul-stirring music. Then immerse yourself in the thrill of the Enchanted Forest.

Don't miss out on this ghoulishly good time! Explore our jam-packed Hallo-Week calendar of events, and secure your spot in the fun-filled festivities now!

10/24 • A Night of Haunted Tales with Smoky Mountain Storytellers
10/25 • Ijams After Dark: Hallo-week at Ijams
10/26 • Family Owl Prowl: Hallo-week at Ijams
10/28 • Monsters Made with Love
10/28 • Ijams Scare Fair at Mead's Quarry: Hallo-Week at Ijams
10/28 • Ijams Enchanted Forest: Hallo-week at Ijams
10/29 • Family Pumpkin Carving: Hallo-week at Ijams
10/29 • Self Care Sunday Yoga with Hope Irwin
10/29 • DIY Door Broom Workshop

https://www.ijams.org/calendar-of-events

A national exhibition examining the nation’s past responses to mental health and current approaches to care will be on display at UT Libraries this fall. The National Library of Medicine’s Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health exhibit will be in the Jack E. Reese Galleria on the first floor of Hodges Library.

The traveling exhibit provides a historical overview of how mental health policies have evolved from custodial forms of treatment such as commitments to asylums and mass incarcerations to more inclusive approaches aimed at protecting the rights of those with mental health conditions. The exhibit also highlights how physicians, advocates, families, and government agencies have contributed to shaping mental health policies.

UT Libraries’ goal for hosting the traveling exhibition is to spark conversations surrounding mental health and effective coping strategies among UT students, faculty, staff, and community members.

A book display featuring related reads on mental health will be viewable on the second floor of Hodges Library.

UT Libraries was selected as a location for the traveling exhibition through the efforts of librarians Melanie Dixson, Niki Cobb, Calantha Tillotson, and Paris Whalon.

https://volumes.lib.utk.edu/news/ut-libraries-to-host-national-exhibit-on-mental-health-care-and-custody/

On Friday October 20th the “Pinta”, a Replica of a Portuguese Caravel used by Columbus and many early explorers will open as a “floating museum” for dockside educational tours. The Ship will be docked at Calhoun’s on the River, 400 Neyland Dr, Knoxville, TN 37902 until her departure October 30th.

In 2005, the Pinta was Launched in Brazil after 3 years of Construction. The Ship was built by 8th Generation Portuguese Shipwrights using the same methods and hand tools that were used to build the original in the 15th Century. The Pinta was the first Ship to sight land on the famous voyage of discovery on October 12th, 1492.
Historians consider the “Caravel” the space shuttle of the 15th Century and was used as early as the 13th Century and into the 16th Century. The Caravel was mainly used as a typical trading vessel along the Mediterranean and African Coast before being used for Transatlantic Voyages to open up new trading routes all over the World.

The general public is invited to step back in time & explore the Pinta for self guided tours from the 20th-29th October from 9:00a-5:00p daily. No reservations are necessary. Tickets are purchased at the Ship and prices are $8.00 for Adults, $7.00 for Seniors/Military (65+), and $6.00 for Children (5 - 16). Children 4 and under are Free.
Teachers or organizations wishing to schedule a 30 minute guided tour with a crew member during the weekdays should go to www.ninapinta.org/tour/html. Group tours require a minimum of 15 people. Please call 251-293-4193 or email ninapintatour@gmail.com for any inquires.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3424875451097220/

The Moors
By Jen Silverman
The Lab Theatre
October 18 – November 5, 2023

Wait. What? An anthropomorphic Mastiff. A catfished governess. Two forlorn sisters on bleak English Moors yearning for love in a manor where every room looks the same. This is a new play the likes of which you have not seen before. It’s a dark, funny, genre-bending trip the New York Times calls, “the reason we go to the theater.” Try it!

Clarence Brown Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information/tickets: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com

This event is available to the public at the UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery. The Printmaking Showcase Gallery is located in the UTK Art and Architecture Building, in the second-floor hallway outside of the Printmaking Lab (Room 241).

It will feature selected prints and books by medical doctor and visual artist Eric Avery MD as he explores issues such as social responses to diseases (specifically HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases), death, and sexual health. As part of one of his exhibitions, Avery set up an HIV clinic at the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University. His work has been shown internationally, and is in the collections of the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), the ARTS Medica Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA), and the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library at Yale University (New Haven, CT), among many others. His website is: https://www.ericaveryartist.com/

These events are free to attend and open to students, faculty, and the public.
https://www.facebook.com/events/332368039150381

Fri. Oct 13th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sat. Oct 14th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sun. Oct 15th 2023, 3:00 pm
Thu. Oct 19th 2023, 7:30 pm
Fri. Oct 20th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sat. Oct 21st 2023, 7:30 pm
Sun. Oct 22nd 2023, 3:00 pm
Thu. Oct 26th 2023, 7:30 pm
Fri. Oct 27th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sat. Oct 28th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sun. Oct 29th 2023, 3:00 pm

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 800 S. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information & tickets: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com