Calendar of Events

Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM & Sunday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Knoxville Women's Expo is an exciting consumer show with artisans, crafters, retailers, and entertainers together in one location during a fun event! Shopping, contests, prizes, live entertainment, and more await you at this show for women of all ages!

Admission is $5.00 per person for age 16 & up. Cash & all major credit cards/debit cards accepted at the door or you may buy them in advance. Located at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37912. For more info please visit www.knoxvillewomensexpo.com.

Kidstuff, hosted by Sean McCollough, is a show full of high-quality music geared to kids and the kids at heart airing every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. On most Saturdays, the show is a mix of recorded and live music from inside the WDVX studio. But on the second Saturday of month, everyone is invited to join the audience at the Knoxville Visitors Center for our free live performance edition. Bring your kids, both big and small, to Kidstuff Live!

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

Join us on Oklahoma Avenue to view and taste a marriage of old and new in Old North Knoxville. Three Knox Heritage award-winning homes are featured: one constructed in 1896 and two recently built. As you arrive, try to guess which is old and which is new. Once you’re inside, original historic features or contemporary takes on them will provide clues. As you move from house to house enjoying cocktails through dessert, look for the creative details the homeowners have added to make their homes livable for all ages and stages of life. You may be inspired to add several to your own residence. 24 guests, $125.00 per person. Location: Old North Knoxville, 300 block of Oklahoma Avenue.

Knox Heritage’s popular series of fundraising dinners, Summer Suppers, takes place annually in some of the region’s most spectacular historic places. The suppers are organized by host committees of volunteers who work together to plan every detail.

Knox Heritage: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

Workshop Series. *all ages welcome, under 15 requires an adult to accompany
July 12th: Sound with Seva
**Pre-registration is required for this workshop 7 spots minimum to hold class with max at 10 people
email Seva to register: sevatooth@gmail.com
10am-6pm, $35
required: laptop*
headphones
download free REAPER software before coming, from www.reaper.fm
*tablet may be used if user has a multitrack audio software, such as Auria, FireStudio, etc., and is somewhat familiar with it. still need to bring headphones.

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

The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will host a free Family Fun Day in partnership with AARP. Join us for free activities, crafts, tours, and more. We’ll be exploring our permanent exhibit, Archaeology and the Native Peoples of Tennessee.

All materials will be provided. The program is free and open to the public. AARP members attending will receive special discounts in the Museum store and on Museum memberships. Reservations are not necessary.

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

Paulk+Co hosts monthly Crafty Kids in the Gallery afternoons. We provide all the materials needed and hands on instruction for your budding artist to create and take home a masterpiece of their own! You can join in the project with your little one or enjoy touring the workshops and our Urban Garden Wilderness Experiment with other like minded parents. If your child is well behaved, you can even go have a well deserved moment at any of downtown's restaurants or shops. A healthy snack buffet is included and a libation is offered to the parents. Contact us to make your reservation at events@paulkandco.com.

Paulk & Co., 510 Williams Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-414-8641, www.paulkandco.com

BioBlitz: The Fungi Among Us held in Gatlinburg, Tenn. A BioBlitz is a short (usually one-day), intense team effort to discover as many different life forms as possible in one location. These teams of volunteer scientists, families, students, teachers, and other community members work together to find and identify as many species of plants, animals, microbes, fungi, and other organisms as they can. Discover Life in America (DLIA), scientists from the Illinois Natural History Survey and Great Smoky Mountains National Park come together each year to host this Bioblitz with a focus on fungi.

Located at the Twin Creeks Science and Education Center. It’s totally FREE and we invite everyone (no experience necessary) to join us to celebrate the importance of biodiversity formally through the BioBlitz! Registration required 865-430-4756 or heather@dlia.org.

Discover Life in America: 1316 Cherokee Orchard Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, 865-430-4757, www.dlia.org.

Marble Springs State Historic Site will host a hands-on spinning workshop with Fran Brown. This workshop will teach how to wash wool, how to card wool, and how to spin wool using a drop spindle.

The cost is $25 per person, with proceeds going toward educational programming at Marble Springs. Participation will be limited to 10 individuals. Participants will receive a drop spindle. To register, call 865-573-5508 or email director@marblesprings.net. The cut-off for registration will be Friday, July 4, 2014. This activity will take place at the Marble Springs State Historic Site.

Marble Springs: 1220 West Gov. John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-573-5508, www.marblesprings.net

Interested in participating as an entertainer or vendor at the upcoming East Tennessee Renaissance Festival in mid-October? Come learn and share. From 10-11 is the workshop. From 11-2 is an open house / character development and show-and-tell / audition. Please let us know if you are coming. Please bring your own snacks, lunch, water, sun screen, bug spray... Please dress comfortably. No costumes required.

Learn about the Ren Fest, how to create an inexpensive costume, develop a character, and interact with others at the festival. Once you feel comfortable, show-and-tell. If you already know how to be a Ren Fest character or vendor, come help and audition. Bring pictures or examples of your craft. Or, come in character and show us your talent. Do a street "bit" (interaction), juggle, sing, dance, play an instrument, tell a story or joke, demo a sword-fight (anyone wanting to do any combat must sign a waiver of liability. No unchoreographed fighting without appropriate protection. Only staged (choreographed) combat will be used at the festival (unless groups are given special permission with appropriate protection and insurance)), and more.

Seeking Interactive, Renaissance Characters & Vendors
Street Characters: Royal Court, Merchants, Minstrels, Jesters, Peasants…
Street & Stage Acts (5-20 minute shows): Comedians, Jugglers, Dancers, Musical Groups, Comedy-Stunt Shows, Trunk Shows, Puppeteers, Story-tellers…
Human Combat Chess Match: Choreographed Fights (SAFD), Flags, Drums, Pipes...
Vendors: “Period” Crafts & Services (Leather, wood, pottery, costumes, garlands, soaps, glass, instruments, jewelry, , candles, face-painting, hair-braiding, …) “Period” Foods (Meats, Gyros, Baked Potatoes, Bread-bowl Soup, Baked-goods, Pickles, Glazed Nuts, Desserts...)

We're looking for a range of characters and talent. This includes food and craft vendors, street characters, stage shows, human combat chess players. (Children actors are welcome with a participating adult.). Let's have fun and develop our Ren Faire Players!

Location: 125 Barrie Lane, Kingston, TN 37763. Info: 865-376-0319, darkhorsedesigninc@comcast.net
https://www.facebook.com/easttennesseerenaissancefestival

Knox Heritage presents the next installment of the monthly series Preservation Network on Saturday, July 12, at 10:00 a.m. Preservation Network is held at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike. Parking is available next door at Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike. It is free and open to the public. Preservation Network’s July session features architect Lee Ingram and Arin Streeter from Brewer Ingram Fuller Architects Inc. discussing the rehabilitation of Historic Westwood.

Preservation Network is a series of free workshops held once every month on the second Saturday. Many people have dubbed this the “support group for owners of old homes.” The workshops have presented guest speakers who are specialists in windows, flooring, roofing, stained glass, tile, plumbing, electrical, and more. Other guest speakers have included those in real estate sales or appraisals, or city codes and zoning officials discussing historic overlays and building requirements.

Knox Heritage advocates for the preservation of places and structures with historic or cultural significance. The nonprofit organization celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014. For more information, visit www.knoxheritage.org.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present a clever new stage adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale Thumbelina. The play will be performed July 11 through 27, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM. The show is KCT’s 59th full-scale production and features 12 young actors in the cast.

KCT’s Thumbelina is a modern re-telling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, using elements of Homer’s The Odyssey, and the plots of familiar fairy tales, such as “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Princess and The Pea.” Famous characters from the worlds of The Odyssey (such as the soothsayer Cassandra) and Fairy Tales (such as Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood) combine into an unforgettably humorous and adventuresome tale.

Featuring:
+ Eason Bullard
+ Hannah Crowder-Starnes
+ Lucas Cunic
+ Ella Gibson
+ Isabelle Hannah
+ Megan Henley
+ Kena Holmes
+ Audrey Jones
+ Sophia Medley
+ Averi Richardson
+ Ani Werderitch
+ Olivia Wilson

TICKET PRICES: $12. SPECIAL RATE: Any adult & Child entering together = $10 each
RESERVATIONS: by phone at (865) 208-3677, or online at knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com
NEW LOCATION: 109 E. Churchwell Avenue; corner of Central & Churchwell Avenues

An enchanted forest, a fairy king and queen and sets of perilous young lovers are just some of the creations brought to life this summer. On the Bard’s 450th anniversary, Foothills Community Players is performing William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Clayton Center for the Arts.

Foothills Community Players are asking the public to bring a box of disposable diapers as they enter the theatre. The Salvation Army will receive the diapers to help families in need. Theatre patrons who donate a box of diapers will receive a raffle ticket for their donation. At each play intermission, a random drawing will be conducted and the winner will receive a complimentary ticket to the Foothills Community Players season opener in November of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Tickets are $12 for July 17 and 19 performances. Tickets for all other dates are $15.

Show dates are:
July 11 at 7:30pm
July 12 at 7:30pm
July 13 at 4:00pm
July 17 at 7:30pm
July 18 at 7:30pm
July 19 at 4:00pm

For more information visit FCP’s website: www.foothillscommunityplayers.com