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Pumpkintown 2015!
Saturday, October 10, 2015, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Historic Downtown Athens,Tennessee
Celebrating History & Heritage & Fun!
Over 200 Arts & Crafts and Food Booths
Scott Crisp Memorial PowWow, Entertainment on Four Stages!
Famous Mutt Strutt/Doggie Costume Contest, McMinn Regional Humane Society Adopt-A-Thon
Art Crawl sponsored by Athens Area Council for the Arts, celebrating National Arts & Humanities Month
Mr. & Miss Pumpkintown Pageant
McMinn Area Cancer Relief Fund 5K/1 Mile Fun Walk
McMinn Co. Living Heritage Museum Quilt Show
Historical Walking Tours
Pumpkin Plinko
Petting Zoo-Pony Rides
Lots of Childrens' Activities

Don't Miss the 11th Annual Pumpkintown!
For more info:
www.pumpkintownfestival.com

Initiated in 1989, the Pregame Showcase is a public lecture series scheduled two hours before each home football game at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The program is hosted by the dean of the college, Theresa Lee, and features thirty-minute presentations by all-star faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences on topics related to their field of expertise. Faculty develop their presentations for a general audience and address timely and interesting topics. Following the formal presentation, faculty speakers field questions from the audience for ten to fifteen minutes. The entire program is carefully timed to forty-five minutes to allow football fans to enjoy the presentation and still have plenty of time to get to their seat in the stadium by kickoff. To add an element of fun to the occasion, a door prize is awarded each week at the conclusion of the program. The winner takes home a bag of gifts provided by UT Athletics.

Following the formal program, guests are invited to stop by the reception area to enjoy complimentary refreshments and visit with the speaker, the dean, and other guests before making their way to the stadium.

Alumni who stop by will have a chance to catch up on news about their home department and meet new faculty. Everyone who attends will have an opportunity to learn something new and become better acquainted with the college, its faculty, and their pathbreaking research and creative expression.

Coach Jones has assembled an all-star football team this season and VOL fans are eager to see the team take the field. Before the game each week, we invite fans to stop by the McClung Museum and meet the Pregame Showcase all-star faculty team who excel on the academic gridiron.

We invite VOL fans to make “Pregame Showcase at the McClung” part of their game-day experience. The Pregame Showcase starts two (2) hours before kickoff in the McClung Museum Auditorium and is free and open to the public. A reception for our guests will follow the program.
For more information visit www.higherground.utk.edu/pregame-showcase/

Oct. 10 UT vs Georgia
Jana Morgan, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
“Venezuela in Crisis: The Deterioration and Polarization of Party Politics”

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996.

Enjoy hot dogs, beverages, and s’mores as evening fades to night and listen to spooky ghost stories around a bonfire. English literature students from Pellissippi State Community College will be sharing original spooky tales. Admission is $10 per person, and children 6 and under are free. A family package will also be available, which includes two adults and up to three children 12 and under for $30. All admissions include one hot dog, one beverage, and one s’mores pack per person. Join us for an evening of fun and spine-chilling entertainment!

2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914. Info: 865-546-0745, www.ramseyhouse.org

The Red Door invites you to attend a Grand Opening at our new gallery in Historic Downtown, Loudon.
Corner of Commerce and Grove, next door to Lyric Theater

Phone # 865-388-7893 or https://www.facebook.com/TheRedDoorLoudon

The show is brought to you by Virginia Adams and Steps In Tyme Designs. We are looking forward to seeing you all in your Steamy best! By having this event later in the year, it will be much cooler weather and more comfortable and it has enabled us to secure some really amazing talent.

Entry fee will be $10. Children 10 years and younger will be Free! Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers, EMS, Active Duty Military, and Military Veterans are FREE with proper ID.

We will also have a costume contest as well! There will be Child, Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced divisions, with prizes for each division. Speaking of Children, TANDY LEATHER will have a children's area where they can make their very own Steampunk Bracelet and decorate it as they wish!

There is much more in the works, but we wanted to get the word out to everyone that we have added fuel to the steam engines and we have power moving forward! Keep your eyes open for new info as we will update as soon as new things are confirmed! Thank you all for all your patience and lets get ready to have an amazing time!

Paulk & Co, 510 Wiliams Street, Knoxville, TN. https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkCarnivale

Diana Roger's mixed media/assemblage art work is on exhibit at the Bird-Feeder Gallery in October. Please join us for the opening reception this coming Friday, October 9th from 6-9 at the Birdhouse 800 N. Fourth St. in the Fourth & Gill neighborhood.

My recent work is mixed media / assemblage created using a combination of traditional art materials and found objects from both the natural world and my urban surroundings. In the past I've made work that was, more often than not, expressive and very colorful but, with these newer pieces, I've made a concerted effort to strip down my usual style and create a subtler, more minimalist aesthetic. I don't have a particular theme or message in mind when I create but I have been making more of an effort, recently, to simply find things that are visually interesting and stimulating within my immediate surroundings. Because of this the work feels personal but it is also my attempt to communicate with other individuals who are also attempting to find beauty and artistic satisfaction in their everyday lives.

Please check the Birdhouse Community Center schedule of events for open hours at birdhouseknoxville.com. or call Gerry Moll at 480-239-0506 to make a special viewing appointment.

Birdhouse, 800 N 4th Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: http://birdhouseknoxville.com/

This year’s beloved and historic three-day event will take place on October 9-11th, with more than 70 national, regional and local musicians booked to perform on five rustic outdoor stages, throughout the pastoral grounds of the Museum of Appalachia. Music enthusiasts come from all over the United States, Canada and Europe to experience this annual tradition, now in its 36th year.

Lineup includes: the Del McCoury Band, JD Crowe and the New South-Reunion, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Balsam Range, the Gibson Brothers, the Boxcars, Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers, Kenny and Amanda Smith, Josh Goforth and many, many more.

Visit the Museum of Appalachia’s website, www.museumofapppalachia.org or the Tennessee Fall Homecoming Facebook Page for breaking details. See the full list of artists as booking progresses, get up-to-date festival information, find answers to FAQs, get directions and more.

Knoxville Book Arts Guild will hold a gallery show Friday, October 9, 5-9PM and will join the Gilded Leaf Bindery Saturday, October 10, 10AM-1PM to offer bookbinding demonstrations. Both events are free to the public!

Striped Light print studio, 107 Bearden Place, Knoxville, TN 37917. Info: 865-200-8541, info@stripedlight.com, or www.stripedlight.com

Thursdays and Fridays 2PM-7PM and Saturdays 2PM-5PM through the month of October

Need something for Halloween? Need something for your school play? A dance recital? Need a base costume to build on and get creative with? Are you a Playhouse actor who wants that certain costume you wore onstage? If you answer yes to any of these, Oak Ridge Playhouse can help you out with our Big Costume Sale! In order to improve on-site storage and make some facility upgrades, we are reducing the inventory of costume stock. Hundreds and hundreds of garments are going up for sale. We are offering a lot of a little bit of everything: full costumes, partial costumes, vintage, formal, bridal, holiday, and many one-of-a-kind items available. NOTHING OVER $15!

Cash or Valid Credit Card only. NO PERSONAL CHECKS. Don't wait too late. Shop early for best selection! Costume Shop is located on the east side of the Playhouse facility.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

BOO! at the Zoo presented by U.S. Cellular® kicks off Knoxville’s largest Halloween event. Knoxville’s largest Halloween event features 12 nights of safe and not-too-scary fun scheduled over three weekends, Thursdays through Sundays, 5:30-8:00 p.m. each evening. BOO! at the Zoo, a Halloween tradition for 29 years, is a family event featuring trick-or-treating through the zoo along the BOO! Trail, the Chick-fil-A Monster Mash tent with fun that’s perfect for preschool and elementary-aged event-goers, friendly costumed characters and entertainers throughout the zoo, the Carni-GROWL, an all-new carnival-themed activity area and the only “haunted” carousel in East Tennessee, the Scary-Go-Round. (How can you tell it’s haunted? It goes backwards, of course.)

Boo! at the Zoo tickets are $8 per person. Children under two are admitted free. Parking is $5. Tickets are available at in advance by phone at (865) 637-5331, online at knoxvillezoo.org and at the zoo’s ticket office during regular zoo hours. Knoxville Zoo members receive a $2 discount on admission tickets and free parking. U.S. Cellular customers can show their U.S. Cellular phone and receive $2 off BOO! at the Zoo admission.

Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.knoxville-zoo.org

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris will hold its Fall Porch Sale starting Thursday, October 8, and running for about two weeks. The Porch Sale features outdated stock, seconds, student crafts and unjuried work by members of the Craft Center. It’s an excellent time to get great deals. There will also be baked goods for sale!

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is a nonprofit center that has been fulfilling its mission by promoting traditional artists and crafts in the East Tennessee area for 40 years. Currently the center has about 70 crafters who sell in the shop.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center: 2716 Andersonville Highway, Clinton, TN. Hours: M-Sa 10-6, Su 1-5. Information: 865-494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net

Surface Design Association (SDA) will host its first Craft + Concept Intensive, Made/Aware: Socially Engaged Practices, at Arrowmont. The conference will offer participants meaningful interactions with accomplished artists and designers whose community art practices have global impact. Featured presenters Mary Fisher, Charllotte Kwon, Rowland Ricketts III & Laura Sansone will activate ideas for socially engaged projects including the preservation of indigenous natural dyeing processes, building craft collectives for African women dealing with AIDS, up-cycling used clothing into new designs and conceptualizing impactful community projects.

SDA is a non-profit textile arts organization founded in 1977. SDA promotes international awareness and appreciation of fiber, textiles & new materials. Members include artists, designers, educators, students, curators, gallery owners and textile enthusiasts from around the world.

http://www.surfacedesign.org/conference/conference-2015
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org