Calendar of Events

Oct 10-13, 17-20, 24-27
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. each evening

BOO! at the Zoo presented by U.S. Cellular® begins this weekend! Knoxville’s favorite Halloween event features 12 nights of safe and not-too-scary fun scheduled over three weekends; Friday through Sunday, Oct. 11-13 and Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 17-20 and Oct. 24-27, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. each evening. A special night exclusively for zoo annual passholders and Circle of Friends members is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 10 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. A Halloween tradition for 33 years, this family event features trick-or-treating through the zoo along the BOO! Trail on a new route through Asian Trek, the Bank of America Monster Mash Dance Party, friendly costumed characters and entertainers each night. Additional activities include the Scary-Go-Round, the BOO! Choo Train, the new Baba Yaga Haunted Forest, and camel rides. Each weekend will feature special appearances by Star Wars characters from the 501st Legion, famous princesses, and on Thursday, Oct. 24, Simon and Siouxsie from Nat Geo’s “Snake City” will be meeting guests.

For more information, please visit https://www.booknoxville.com/

Zoo Knoxville, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.zooknoxville.org/event/boo-at-the-zoo

The WordPlayers presents Over the River and Through the Woods by Joe DiPietro on Oct. 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 @ 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 13 & 20 @ 2:30 p.m.

Nick Cristano, 29 years old, loves his grandparents. He visits them every Sunday. They drive him crazy!! Nick's parents retired and moved to Florida. His sister got married and moved to California. Nick is left in New Jersey with both sets of his grandparents. Of course they love each other, but how can they possibly understand each other? Nick’s family is Italian-American. They have a saying: "Tengo famiglia," which doesn't translate very directly into English, but it expresses all the depth and complexities of family. It implies that family relationships provide the reason for being alive. Experience the hilarity and heart-break of this family, which may not be that far from your own.

The WordPlayers is a 501(c) 3 theatre company based in Knoxville, TN. Over the River and Through the Woods is sponsored by Care Around the Block and Dr. Ron & Peggy Turner. Upcoming programming includes The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and the premiere of Jackie Robinson Steals Home.

At Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Rd., Knoxville. Tickets are $15 and available online at www.wordplayers.org and at the door. Thursdays are Pay What You Can Nights. For more information, call 865-539-2490.

Much Ado About Nothing, Thursday through Sunday, October 10, 11, 12 and 13, at the Clayton Center for the Arts. Show at 8:00 PM Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sunday at 2:00PM.
Directed by Walker Harrison '13. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors (ages 60 and older) and students. Admission is free for Maryville College faculty, staff and students, but a printed ticket is required.

Tickets at https://www.etix.com/ticket/v/11734/the-clayton-center-for-the-arts-haslam-flexible-theatre?performance_id=2357619

In the Haslam Flexible Theatre.
Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information/tickets: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR at The Mill and Mine,
Thursday, October 10.

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

Curated by Louisa Trott, Digital Projects Librarian and Film Archivist

For one night only, marvel at magnificent, mesmerizing, majesty of early motion pictures!

The McClung Museum is partnering with University Libraries and School of Music to present a series of early films. Silent, 16-millimeter projections (or "silents") will have with live musical accompaniment.

The selection of works incudes some of the earliest moving images such as kinetoscopes, as well as films that demonstrate pioneering techniques in microscopy, X-ray imaging, and time-lapse. They draw close parallels with Harold Edgerton, Berenice Abbott, and the “father of motion picture,” Edweard Muybridge—photographers featured in the McClung Museum’s current exhibition, Science in Motion. The exhibition is on view at from September 20, 2019 – January 5, 2020.

John C Hodges Library, Auditorium, 1015 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville TN
https://calendar.utk.edu/event/silents_in_motion

Knoxville Square Dance with live old-time music by The Spring Lizards
calling by Stan Sharp and Leo Collins,Thursday, October 10 , 8:00PM at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave.

The Knoxville Square Dance is back on second Thursdays at the Laurel! No experience or partner is necessary and the atmosphere is casual. (No taps, please.)

Admission: $7 ($5 for students & JCA members)
Follow the Knoxville Square Dance on Facebook

The Laurel Theater is located on the corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville near the UT campus.Laurel.
For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and native Oak Ridger Ellen Reid joins YWCA for the latest Talk and Toast! Thursday, October 10, 5:30 p.m. at The Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.

Ellen will share excerpts and discuss her award-winning opera p r i s m, which confronts the difficult topic of sexual and emotional abuse. Immediately following, YWCA CEO Alizza Punzalan-Randle will moderate a panel discussion with YWCA staff and victim advocates on the topic of domestic violence. This event is one of several events being hosted by YWCA in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Tickets are $35 until October 1 and $40 after and include heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks. All proceeds will benefit YWCA's life-saving programs and services in Oak Ridge and Anderson County. Tickets at https://ywcaknox.com/talk-toast/.

Thu, Oct 10, 9:30 AM
Messiah Lutheran Church, 6900 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919

Brian Salesky is an American conductor of operatic and orchestral music. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University, he also studied at The Juilliard School. In the fall of 1978, Salesky first appeared at the New York City Opera, conducting Naughty Marietta. He went on to lead La traviata, Rigoletto (with Pablo Elvíra), Falstaff (with Donald Gramm and Muriel Costa-Greenspon, in Sarah Caldwell's production), the world premiere of Stanley Silverman's Madame Adare, Carmen, Les contes d'Hoffmann, etc., with the company. In 1980, the City Opera production of La cenerentola was televised over PBS, with Salesky leading Susanne Marsee, Rockwell Blake, and Alan Titus, to much acclaim. In Europe, Salesky has conducted at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu (L'elisir d'amore, with Alfredo Kraus), and then led concerts with Kraus and Renata Scotto, in Madrid and Granada. Elsewhere, he has appeared with Opera Australia (Adriana Lecouvreur), the Spoleto Festival (Falstaff), Chicago Lyric Opera (Simon Boccanegra), Cincinnati Opera, Atlanta Opera, Dayton Opera, Knoxville Opera Company as well as the opera companies of Washington and Montana. He has also led many symphony orchestras.
On Broadway, Salesky conducted the revival of Man of La Mancha, with Raúl Juliá, in 1992. As of 2005, he is Executive Director and Conductor of the Knoxville Opera Company.
www.knoxvilleopera.com

Visitors Welcome
Contact: 865-406-5199

Thursday at 1 PM – 2:30 PM
Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
1640 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996

Join us for an Energy and Environment Forum with Dr. Paul Ferraro of Johns Hopkins University.

Professor Ferraro will discuss what is known about the relationship between poverty alleviation and ecosystem change, and will present new results from a study that asks whether Indonesia's national anti-poverty program, which transfers cash to hundreds of thousands of poor households, reduced the deforestation of primary forests as a side benefit.

This event is free and open to the public. Guests may park in the Vol Hall Garage on White Avenue at no charge by requesting a parking voucher from Baker Center staff at the event. https://www.facebook.com/events/491313708097271/

Thursday at 4 PM – 5 PM
Historic Market Square, Knoxville

Join us for the OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY of The Piano Project of Knoxville. Let's meet on Market Square and celebrate the installation of Knoxville's first ever painted public pianos. Brian Clay, founder of The Piano Project of Knoxville, invites you to the Market Square stage as he reveals the first three artist decorated, one-of-a-kind pianos. You'll meet the artists, and play and listen to the pianos and enjoy community. The event will begin at 4pm with representatives from Dogwood Arts, the Downtown Knoxville Alliance and the Mayor's office present.

https://www.facebook.com/events/563081857769030/

Thursday at 7:30 PM – 9 PM
1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916
Hosted by University of Tennessee School of Art

Alumna Crystal Wagner is coming back to campus for a public lecture on Thursday, October 10! Her interest in combining 2- and 3-dimensional forms, alternative use of materials, and hybrid approaches to printmaking, and massive site-specific installations, have led to her artwork being exhibited extensively in the U.S and abroad.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2712694145417180/

The Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series, featuring the new KSO concertmaster William Shaub and various guest artists, will take place at the Knoxville Museum of Art, located at 1050 World's Fair Park Drive. Intimate performances held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings in the KMA's Ann and Steve Bailey Hall - seating is general admission.

Corelli: La Folia for Violin, Harpsichord, and Continuo
Handel: Sonata No. 4 in D Major for Violin and Harpsichord
Martinu: Promenades for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com