Calendar of Events

A Maryville-based graphic designer creates playful images that combine different media.

Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Bagwell Center Gallery hours: M-F 9 AM - 9 PM. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

Big Ears Festival is partnering with OneBeat in presenting 25 musicians from 17 countries in a series of workshops, discussions and public performances, culminating in a concert extravaganza at the Bijou Theater at 7pm on Wednesday, October 9, open to the public free-of-charge.

OneBeat, a cultural exchange initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs produced by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation, is among the world’s leading music diplomacy programs. From September 16 - October 12, 2019, twenty-five innovative and socially engaged musicians from seventeen countries, ranging from Algeria to Cuba to Madagascar to the United States, will participate in an intense month of musical collaboration, public performances, installations, pop-up events and workshops.

OneBeat announces its 2019 ten-day tour throughout the Southeast U.S., including:
Oct. 7 at 7pm - Fourth Presbyterian Church in partnership with Big Ears - Knoxville, TN
Oct. 9 at 7:30pm - The Bijou Theater in partnership with Big Ears - Knoxville, TN

In each location, the OneBeat Fellows will present world premieres of their collaborative works-in-progress in a series of performances, workshops, and interactive public events.

While in Knoxville, OneBeat will present a panel discussion on global arts communities in collaboration with the multigenerational theatre ensemble Carpetbag Theatre, host workshops with The Joy of Music School and The Change Center, perform on WDVX’s Blue Plate special and in pop-up performances in downtown, and conclude with a rousing, high energy concert at Knoxville’s historic downtown Bijou Theater.

This year’s eclectic musicians include: Rodney Barreto, one of Cuba’s leading jazz drummers and member of the Chucho Valdes Quintet; Nepalese multi-instrumentalist and film music composer Jason Kunwar; pioneering modular Chinese synth designer and sound-artist Meng Qi; Baltimore-based producer, educator and award-winning entrepreneur Kariz Marcel; and virtuosic young Mongolian Yatga player Oyuntuya Enkhbat. To read about all the OneBeat fellows, visit www.1beat.org/people

The OneBeat tour brings Fellows’ musical collaborations, developed during their two-week residency at the Atlantic Center For The Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL, to a diverse set of communities across this region of America, connecting with leading community-based organizations, local artists, audiences, and young people to build an even stronger network of musical change-makers and socially-engaged musicians.

Each performance or event will tell a unique story of OneBeat from individual and collaborative perspectives, in venues ranging from DIY theaters to public parks to art museums. Educational and collaborative workshops with local partners are integral to the OneBeat theme of exploring how artists can find innovative ways of locating their art within emerging movements for the betterment of humanity. These collaborations with local social organizations, youth, and artists serve as a launching pad into new ways of thinking about how we experience music.

Additional information can be found at www.1beat.org.

Coin with Arkells at The Mill and Mine, Monday, October 7, 8:00 PM (Doors open at 7:00).

The Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Tickets/information: http://themillandmine.com

LYLE LOVETT AND HIS ACOUSTIC GROUP
MONDAY, OCT 7 | 7:30PM

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

OCTOBER 7 HANNAH PITTARD
NOVEMBER 4 JANE WONG
JANUARY 13 REBECCA GAYLE HOWELL
FEBRUARY 10 CHET’LA SEBREE
FEBRUARY 24 JOY WILLIAMS
April 20 GRETCHEN PRIMACK

All events take place Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library. Writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from around the country and around the world. Free and open to the public. https://english.utk.edu/
Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English

You're invited to Goodwill Industries-Knoxville's 11th Annual Goodwill Golf Classic. Join us for a day on the green and support job training in your community!

Holston Hills Country Club, 5200 Holston Hills Road, Knoxville, TN

Tournament Schedule
10:15am - Golfer Registration
11am - Lunch
12:30pm - Shotgun Start
Following - Hors d'oeuvres and Award Presentation

Rain Date November 4th, 2019

Team of 4 Registration is $550 and Single Player Registration is $150. Registration includes 18 holes of golf, cart rental, lunch, refreshments throughout the event, and the opportunity to win great prizes! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for first place teams once the natural break in the flight's scores has been determined.

All funds raised from this event will help support Goodwill’s mission to provide vocational services and employment opportunities to individuals with barriers to employment in and around Knox County.

To avoid online purchasing fees, Sponsorships and Players Registration may be purchased over the phone by calling the Goodwill Marketing Team at 865.588.8567. https://www.gwiktn.org/events

At Fourth Presbyterian Church

Join OneBeat and Carpetbag Theatre as we explore this years theme of Human Ecologies during a series of discussions with OneBeat Fellows and members of the Knoxville community, accompanied by a series of intimate musical performances.

FREE ENTRANCE
http://www.carpetbagtheatre.org/events

At Lindsey Young Auditorium, Hodges Library, University of Tennessee, Free and Open to the Public

Hannah Pittard is the author, most recently, of the novel VISIBLE EMPIRE, which was an Amazon Editors' Pick for Summer Fiction, an IndieNext List Pick, a New York Times "New and Noteworthy" Selection, an O Magazine Book of Summer, and one of Southern Living's Best New Books of Summer. Her previous novel, LISTEN TO ME, was a New York Times Editors' Choice, a Washington Post Best Summer Thriller, an Entertainment Weekly Seriously Scary Summer Read, a Millions Most Anticipated Book, a Lit Hub Buzz Book, and a Refinery 29 Best Books So Far. Other novels include REUNION (named a Millions Most Anticipated Book, a Chicago Tribune Editor's Choice, a BuzzFeed Top-5 Great Book, a "Best New Book" by People Magazine, a Top-10 Read by Bustle Magazine and LibraryReads, a Must-Read by TimeOut Chicago, and a Hot New Novel by Good Housekeeping) and THE FATES WILL FIND THEIR WAY (named an O Magazine selection, an IndieNext List Pick, a Powell's Indiespendible Book Club Pick, and a "best of" by The Guardian, The Chicago Tribune, Details Magazine, The Kansas City Star, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Reader, and Hudson Booksellers). She is winner of the 2006 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award, a MacDowell Colony Fellow, and a consulting editor for Narrative Magazine. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, American Scholar, Oxford American, McSweeney's, TriQuarterly, BOMB, and many other publications. She directs the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Kentucky.

https://english.utk.edu/creative-writing-program/

Tom Leonard, General Manager, Sevier County Solid Waste will speak on “Solid Waste Recycling"

The Technical Society of Knoxville will meet on October 7, 2019 at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Knoxville.

People generate gaseous, liquid and solid wastes. Gaseous wastes have typically been dispersed into the atmosphere and the current practice of dumping unwanted carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a big problem, but otherwise air pollution is improving. Liquid wastes were formerly dumped unceremoniously into the nearest river but rivers are much improved. Solid wastes from prehistoric times have been deposited in middens and much of what we know about past civilizations comes from a study of the remains of their solid waste. How much solid waste do we people living now generate and where does it go. What will future archaeologists find in our middens and where will they be and how voluminous will they be?

As an example of solid waste problems Rutherford County, Tennessee, is finding their "Mount Trashmore" is getting too big and they have consulted with Tom Leonard, General Manager Sevier Solid Waste on how a composting operation works for East Tennessee tourism communities.

Knox County and Knoxville are not immune to solid waste disposal problems and the Technical Society will have an opportunity to learn something about the solutions. Tom Leonard, General Manager, Sevier County Solid Waste, Inc will speak about solid waste recycling at the Technical Society of Knoxville meeting on October 7, 2019.

Technical Society of Knoxville meetings are held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 401 W Summit Hill Drive and open to the public. Anyone interested in the meeting topic is welcome. Members and guests begin arriving around 11:30 AM and go through the buffet line. Cost is $13 per person payable in cash or by check in the meeting room to the designated collector. Cost without lunch is $7. A token for free parking in the hotel garage is included. Meetings are called to order at 11:55 and adjourned at 1:00 PM.

Visitors are welcome. For more information go to www.Technicalsociety.net

Our annual juried exhibition! Details TBA

Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tu-F 9-5, Sa-M 1-4. Information: 865-482-1441, www.oakridgeartcenter.org

Following his 2017 exhibit Twenty-One Still Lifes, Barry Spann returns with a compelling new body of work that playfully explores inner and outer spaces, and the realms in between. We invite you to experience a very special evening featuring a bold new installation singular to this exhibit.

Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, October 4 from 6-9 p.m. Meet the artist and enjoy live music & refreshments. The gallery will be transformed for a bold new installation singular to this exhibit. This is a dressy-casual First Friday event that is free & open to the public.

The District Gallery & Framery, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
(865) 200-4452 or www.TheDistrictGallery.com
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10-5:30, Saturday 10-4

Enjoy the Opening Reception of the “Autumn Blaze” Fall Art Show on Friday, October 4, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. This special reception is scheduled on the regular monthly “Fun and Wine Friday” reception date. Participants can view the show entries and watch the presentation of awards to the winning artists. Hors d'oeuvres, wine, and other beverages will be available. The reception is free and open to the public. The “Autumn Blaze” Fall Art Show will be on display in the gallery through October 31.

Art Guild at Fairfield Glade at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive, Fairfield Glade, TN 38558. Information: 931-707-7249, www.artguildfairfieldglade.net