Calendar of Events

Join the fun at the 2nd Annual Southern Railway Station Fall Festival, October 28th,
6:00-9:00PM. There will be funnel cakes and other seasonal treats, a costume contest, inflatables, a fire truck and police officers!

300 West Depot Ave. For more information please visit www.southernstationtn.com or call 865 249 7808.

It's here! It's here! We're thrilled to invite you to join us for our annual Auction for Artwork - this year, at the Sunsphere! Bid on 50 matted, framed photographs from Painting Days to help us raise money for local women whose lives are impacted by cancer. We had hundreds of participants this year, so picking 50 to feature was no easy task! Good news is that ALL of the photographs taken at our Painting Days will be printed, matted and available for purchase, so come find yours - or just come enjoy the incredible artwork and the views from the 8th floor of Knoxville's Sunsphere with us. You know we always love to see you!!

AUCTION SILENT BIDDING ENDS AT 8PM SHARP. YOU MUST BE PRESENT AT 8 TO WIN! DOORS OPEN AT 6, PARTY GOES TILL 10

Our friends at Wild Love, Luxe Catering and Magpies are partnering up to provide food for the evening (♥♥ thanks y'all!!!♥♥), and we will have a cash bar available. It's Halloween weekend, so wear a costume if you like! See this link https://www.smore.com/dz7mb for our full event flyer with additional information about parking, etc.

On Friday, October 28th, the Marble City 5 will christen the re-birth of the Red Piano Lounge, located at 4620 Kingston Pike in Bearden. The club has been closed since mid-summer for repairs from extensive water damage caused by a sprinkler system malfunction. Vance Thompson, trumpet, Greg Tardy, saxophone, Keith L. Brown, piano, Jon Hamar, bass, Nolan Nevels, drums.

$5 cover charge. Info: 865-573-3226, www.knoxjazz.org

Join Young-Williams Animal Center's for their second annual Howl-O-Ween bash!
Jackson Terminal
213 W. Jackson Ave.
Friday, Oct. 28 from 7:30 -11 p.m.

Live music by The Coveralls, a costume contest, a taco bar, moonshine tastings, wine, beer, and some howling surprises. All money raised will help provide medical care for our pets, offset facility costs, and public spay and neuter surgeries for low income families.

Purchase your $45.00 ticket at https://www.paypal.me/YoungWilliams or see http://www.young-williams.org/ for more information.

Fall Themed Family Craft Night at the Basement Community Art Studio
Friday, October 28, 6:30pm - 8:30 pm

Bring the family and enjoy the Fall Themed Family Craft Night $10 per person or $35 for 4 tickets. Pre-registration is required.

105 W Jackson Ave (865) 333-5262

Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD.

Students use individual computers to access the billions of records and features of Family Search, the largest free genealogical internet site. Items to be explored include available records, family trees, catalog of library items, scanned genealogical books, research guides, forms and maps, free online genealogical classes, guide to other free online sources. Participants should bring birth dates and birth places of parents and grandparents, and should create and activate a free account at familysearch.org prior to attending this workshop.

Pre-registration is required and begins October 17. Please call (865) 215-8809 to register.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: M-F 9-4, Sa 10-4, Su 1-5. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

UT Viola Professor Hillary Herndon and guest violists Karen Ritscher, Sally Chisholm, James Pryzgocki, Kathryn Steely and David Rose; accompanied by UT Symphony Orchestra. Free and open to the public. - Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, and the Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive 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

Spooky, Scary Stories LIVE! Presented by Smoky Mountain Storytellers Cuz Headrick, Millie Sieber, Stephen Fulbright and Janice Brooks-Headrick at Vienna Coffee House, 212 College St, Maryville, TN 37804.
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 7-9 pm. Coffee & Desserts available. Audience 12 and over. Donations Appreciated for BENEFIT of SMSA Children’s Programs. Call 865-429-1783 for more info.

October 29 at 11:00am (Doors open at 11:00 AM), join us for costumes, cartoons, and tours! This open house pays homage to the memorable Saturday morning clubs of our history that offered children’s programming, movies, and cartoons. Children (ages 12 and under) are welcome to come dressed in their family-friendly Halloween costume. A short reel of Warner Bros. cartoons will be shown at intervals between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Each screening will be introduced with organ music played by house organist Bill Snyder on the Mighty Wurlitzer. There will be face painting stations for children and old-fashioned candy treat bags provided by Mast General Store. The theater will be open to the public for self-guided tours, including dressing rooms. For guests interested in taking a tour, the entrance to the dressing room area is located in the lower lobby. All activities are free, and popcorn and soda will be available for purchase with all proceeds going to the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation. (Costumes must be family friendly, not scary, and toy weapons will not be permitted.)

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Calling all ghouls, goblins, princesses, crayons, mummies, pirates, witches, flowers, fairies and the rest of you KCT creatures....it is time to PARTY! Back by popular demand: The 7TH ANNUAL KCT HALLOWEEN PARTY is going to be fantastic. We want to see our favorite audience members and veteran actors and creative students and those who want to want to join us in one of these groups! Get ready to wear your crazy costumes (Get creative now....We are a theatre after all.), Maybe you want to dress as your favorite CTK character? Stretch out your limbo legs, battle it out in a new KCT-centric game, eat some delicious snacks, and of course, dance the night away to cool tunes.

We will also be unveiling our 2017 Schedule of Plays too! The party is FREE! Bring your family, and let's have a BALL! At Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

To welcome wicked weekends in creepy Knoxville, join A1LabArts for this inaugural event! Open to all! Hear the howling cries from the depth below. Dress to the hilt and come as your favorite monster. Bring a monster friend. Only the most wicked monsters will be welcomed into the grand hall.

At 9:00 pm a surprise guest will appear and offer cash awards for the most hideous monster. Monsters who want to compete must seduce the guest with a monstrous presentation. Sound available or bring your own. Dance to weird and spooky sounds. Wicked refreshments will be served.

Magboo Productions will film this evening’s activities. Come and be a Star monster!

A1LabArts @ the Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: www.a1labarts.org

Healthy Tennessee Coming to Knoxville for Free Health Fair - Healthy Tennessee is a non-profit organization that provides health education and community training opportunities through health fairs to improve the lives of Tennesseans. It will be hosting a free health fair in Knoxville at 11 a.m. on Oct. 29 at the Gathering nondenominational church, 8729 Chapman Highway. The fair is open to the public and will provide free health screenings and educational conversations with doctors. For more information please visit http://myhealthytennessee.com.