Calendar of Events

Marble Springs State Historic Site will be hosting “Halloween Haunts and Haints” onSaturday, October 26, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. You can expect to enjoy trick or treating at the historic buildings; children’s craft activities; games, and spooky stories for the young & young at heart! A complete schedule of events can be found at the Marble Springs Facebook page or web site, www.marblesprings.net.

A costume parade & contest will begin at 5:00pm so be sure to get here early!!Costume Contest Categories include: Best Fictional, Cutest, Scariest, Most Historical, Most Creative, & Best Overall. Registration begins at 3:00 and closes at 4:45. Registration fee of $1.00 per person is required for participation. The “Halloween Haunts and Haints” Costume Contest is generously sponsored by: Dollywood, Wilderness at the Smokies Hotel and Waterpark Resort, WonderWorks, Tennessee Smokies Baseball and Chic-Fil-A. Thank you for your support! Guest storyteller, Janice Brooks-Headrick, tells folklore, history tales, oral history, ghost tales and traditional tales on her CD, “Strange Things Happen in the Smokies….” Which will be available for sale during the event. She is President of Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association, a non-profit corporation that she organized, and an active member since 1986.

Admission: $5.00 16+, $3 ages 4 – 15, ages 3 & under are FREE; Family cap at $20.00; Parking is free.

All activities take place at the Marble Springs State Historic Site: 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information found at 865-573-5508 or www.marblesprings.net

War of 1812 Genealogy on the Internet
Details TBA

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM; Saturday: 10AM-4PM; Sunday: 1-5PM. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

''Kidstuff,'' the free WDVX show for kids and kids at heart, goes live on stage at the Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville, on 89.9 FM, 102.9 fm, 93.9 FM and WDVX.COM.

Bring the kids and the kids at heart for Kidstuff Live! Next Saturday, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Story Time Quartet will join host Sean McCollough on the Knoxville Visitor Center stage for a LIVE Kidstuff, this Saturday at 10 am.

Hosted by Sean McCollough, an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee, as well as a song-writer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He and his wife, Steph Gunnoe, co-lead the band the Lonetones.

Free 2-hour visitor parking located next door to the Knoxville Visitor Center. For more information: 865-544-1029; www.wdvx.com

With Bill Landry. Whether you regularly drive through the Smokies or you are a first time visitor, Cades Cove Heritage Tours allows you the opportunity to experience the Smoky Mountains as never before.

We offer fully guided bus tours for individual and group of all ages. Your tours are on comfortable 19-passenger Alternative Transportation Vehicles with experienced and friendly guides. Learn all about the history, personal stories, and natural resources that make the Smoky Mountains so unique. And, since you've left the driving to us, you can focus on sharing the beautiful scenery and wildlife with your family and friends, instead of worrying about the traffic. http://www.cadescoveheritagetours.org/

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: Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

October 26 (4:00 pm — 7:00 pm)
(All Ages) Come to the Enchanted Forest for a magical (non-scary) Halloween treat. You and your family will be led along our magical woodland trails where creatures will emerge to share their stories. Along the way, we will meet animals that have fascinating adaptations that have taught us humans a thing or two. Fun for all ages! The fee for this program is $5 for Ijams members and $8 for non-members. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 130 to register.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Kindred Spirits in the Roane State Community College O'Brien Theatre, Sunday,
October 26, at 1:00 and 4:00PM with the RSCC Concert Choir and the CCHS Jet Theatrix Drama Club.

$5 all ages at the door! Costume contests for everyone! Trick or treating for the kids!

The group has appeared on stage with many of the top country music stars and has performed in concert with the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra and the Chattanooga Boys Choir, and more recently the Chattanooga Ballet. They have appeared on a segment of ABC-TV's Peter Jennings Nightly News and were featured on the NBC Sunday Today Show. Their audiences have been composed of such celebrities as Chuck Yeager, Sam Nunn, Gerald Ford, Jack Kemp, and three Tennessee governors. Easily one of the most popular bands in hometown Chattanooga, they have made their mark singing country music for people who don't particularly like country music. Tickets $13 advance and $15 at the door.
The Palace Theater, 113 West Broadway, Maryville TN 37801. Information: 865-983-3330, www.palacetheater.com

1719 Reynolds St. (behind the Wesley House)
FREE ADMISSION, Family-friendly

Come celebrate fall! The festival will celebrate the farm, the community and the final fall harvest. There will be delicious food, live music, children’s activities and harvest-themed workshops for all to enjoy. If you have never been to Knoxville’s only urban demonstration farm, now is your chance! Bring the whole family to this exciting seasonal event! In case of inclement weather, this event will be cancelled. Please call 865-546-8446 with questions.

Thrill The World is an annual worldwide simultaneous dance of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Every October, since 2006, Funky Zombies across the globe gather to synchronize their watches and dance to the greatest selling record of all time – Michael Jackson’s Thriller! Volunteer event organizers in cities around the world organize events using the Thrill The World leaders manual and Thrill The World tool box. Each event raises money for a local or not-for-profit charity of their choice. All official Thrill The World events that report their final totals after the event are included in the numbers for setting and breaking world records.

Thrill The World Knoxville is our local chapter of the Global Thrill The World event. We get together each year, dress like zombies, and dance to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' for a good cause, for fun, and to try to break a world record. This year we are raising money for the Young-Williams Animal Center in Knoxville.

If you've never been to a Thrill The World event I would recommend that you search for videos of Thrill The World events around the globe to see what we do. Then join us for free 'Thriller' dance lessons at one of our rehearsals. Visit http://www.thrilltheworld.com for more information on this global event.

The District Gallery is pleased to present a photographic journey through Paris as seen through the lens of photographer Ben Finch. PARIS: A Journey on Film features classic scenes of Paris and modern views of iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Finch also captures common details of everyday French culture and turns them into memorable images with his timeless aesthetic and traditional film photography.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 11 from 5:30-9 p.m. with pastries by the French Market. The show continues through November 9.

A jewelry show by Adel Chefridi will also open on October 11. Chefridi’s designs emphasize simplicity, wearability, durability, and openness to light and movement. Made with natural gemstones, his elegant pieces have a friendly and peaceful feel that make them wearable every day.

The District Gallery, (865) 200-4452, TheDistrictGallery.com

The public is invited to the reception and opening of the Annual Fall Awards Art Show on October 11 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Plateau Arts Center (PCAC). The theme of the show is Wild about Art. Artists of the Art Guild at Fairfield Glade will submit their original work to be judged on this theme in the following categories: Watercolor and acrylic under glass, Oil and acrylic not under glass, Mixed media, Pastel, Colored pencil drawing, Black and white drawing, Photography, Three dimensional, and Jewelry. Awards will be given for each category. This year's judge is Bobbie Crews of Knoxville. The reception will include refreshments viewing of the new show, and presentation of awards.

Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive, Fairfield Glade, TN 38558. Hours: M-F 9AM-4PM; Saturday-Sunday 1-4PM. Information: 931-707-7249; www.artguildfairfieldglade.net

Athens Community Theatre is conducting auditions for their upcoming musical production of Into the Woods, book by James Lapine, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, on Sunday, October 27, 2:00 PM and Monday, October 28, 7:00 PM at The Arts Center in Athens, TN. Show dates for Into the Woods are February 13-23, 2014. The show is sponsored by SouthEast Bank & Trust.

Needed is a cast of approximately 20 singers/actors ranging in age from older teens through adults of all ages. In this fairytale mash-up of epic proportion, familiar faces embark on the unknown: Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack (of beanstalk fame), dwell in a sylvan community where a meddling witch and a baker are next-door neighbors and the handsome princes from classic fables are competitive and comically vain paramours. Propelled by Sondheim’s majestic score, these characters venture “Into the Woods” and down a different path than that of the stories you’ve heard. The baker and his wife travel in search of a cow, a red cape, yellow hair, and gold slippers to lift a spell placed on them by the haggard witch. Cinderella, Jack, and Little red, too, have set out on inspired quests of their own. As the plot unfolds, these characters’ individual stories intersect through unexpected plot twists, and cameos by other characters of fairytale lore add to the thrill of the journey. In turn farcical and contemplative, James Lapine’s book examines themes of childhood and parenthood, ambition and desire, and takes on allegorical gravity when the tale does not end with “happily ever after.” This show is musically sophisticated and offers the chance to feature actors adept at dark comedy.

Into the Woods is directed by Melonie Carideo and G. David Brown. Everyone will be asked to sing a prepared solo from a Broadway show, read from the script, and perform simple movements. An accompanist will be provided. Anyone interested in working with the production in any capacity (set & costume design, technical crew, backstage crew, orchestra) is encouraged to attend an audition.

The Arts Center is located at 320 North White St. in downtown Athens. For more information call The Arts Center at 423-745-8781 or Melonie Carideo at 423-593-8713.