Calendar of Events

Free and open to the public
Reception Friday, October 18, 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Artists’ talks at 6:30 pm.

Organized in 2001, the Knoxville Photography Collective is a group of photographers who meet monthly to share images, technical information, encouragement, and inspiration. Members Katharine Emlen, Tony Hayzen, Owen Weston, Wayne Setser, David Bryant, Robert Minick, and Brian McDaniel each have distinctive styles and perspectives. Hayzen, for instance, is passionate about landscapes and wildlife photography, whereas Weston looks for hidden images in the commonplace.

Gallery hours: 10 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Thursday and 10 AM – 1 PM, Sunday
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919, www.tvuuc.org

Instructor: Anais Lux

Join Anais Lux and Mighty Mud Studios for a Sunday morning of wheel thrown pottery and a light breakfast of bagels, spreads, and coffee. Great for first-timers, learn to make functional pottery pieces such as mugs, bowls and cups. All students will have two finished pieces to pick up two weeks after class. Gluten-free toast will be provided in lieu of bagels for gluten-free students.

$50.00 - All Materials Provided, Coffee & Tea Provided

Mighty Mud, 127 Jennings Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Hours: Tu-F 11-6, Sat 9-5. Open studio time on Thu 6-9. Information: 865-595-1900, www.mightymudclay.com

The Sundress Reading Series is an award-winning literary reading series in the heart of Knoxville. An extension of Sundress Publications and the Sundress Academy for the Arts, the Sundress Reading Series features nationally recognized writers in all genres from around the US while also supporting local and regional nonprofits.

Featuring
Ellene Glenn Moore is a writer living in sunny South Florida. She earned her MFA in Poetry from Florida International University and her BA in Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University. Ellene has been the recipient of a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellowship, a scholarship to the New York State Summer Writers Institute, and a residency at The Studios of Key West. She is the co-Founding Editor of the Plath Poetry Project, a collaborative writing project dedicated to engaging with the work of Sylvia Plath. Ellene’s poetry, lyric non-fiction, and critical work has appeared in Lake Effect, The Journal, Best New Poets, Fjords Review, Poetry Northwest, Brevity, Salamander, Ninth Letter Online, and elsewhere. Her chapbook The Dark Edge of the Bluff (Green Writers Press, 2017) was runner-up for The Hopper Prize for Young Poets.

Kimberly Ann Priest is the author of White Goat Black Sheep (FLP). She is an MFA graduate in Creative Writing from New England College, already holding an MA in English Language & Literature from Central Michigan University. A proud Michigan native, she has taught composition and creative writing courses for Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and Alma College and participated in local initiatives to increase awareness concerning sexual assault, survivorship, and healing through artistic expression. She is also an editorial intern and scholarship recipient with Sundress Publications in Knoxville, TN. Her academic and creative writing carefully observes the intersections between motherhood, violence, displacement, religion, sexual identity, and sexual trauma; her poetry has appeared in several literary journals, including The Coachella Review, The Comstock Review, Welter, Ruminate Magazine, RiverSedge, and The Berkeley Poetry Review. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of First-Year Writing at Michigan State University, editorial intern with Sundress, book reviewer for New Pages, and an editor for the Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry.

Katie Culligan is a nonfiction writer living in Knoxville, TN, where she is the Writer-in-Residence for Sundress Academy for the Arts. She is the recipient of the 2019 Eleanora Burke Award for Nonfiction and the Margaret Artley Woodruff Award for Creative Writing from the University of Tennessee. Recent work appears in Geometry, Noble / Gas Qtrly, Columbia Journal, American Chordata, and others. She can be reached at katieculliganwriting.com.

The Sundress Reading Series is free and open to the public!

Our readings take place monthly on Sundays at 1PM at Hexagon Brewing Company, 1002 Dutch Valley Dr, Knoxville, TN 37918. Find our more or to view some of our past readers and schedules, visit us at: www.sundressacademyforthearts.com.

International Food Festival, October 13, 2019, 11:00am-5:00pm.
963 Worlds Fair Park Drive
Knoxville, TN 37916
(865) 525-3399

Free to enter, $5 kids armband for activities, ticket sales for food ($1 per ticket)
www.facebook.com/IntlFoodFest/

LitUP Festival
October 13 @ 1-7 p.m.
Market Square

Knox County Public Library, in partnership with Knox County Schools, Oak Ridge National Lab, UT’s Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Union Avenue Books, and the Friends of the Library, will launch a new festival just for teens. LitUp Festival: Arts and Innovation for the Next Generation is set to debut in downtown Knoxville. LitUp Festival aims to ignite creativity, self-expression and critical thinking in the region's 13 to 18 year olds through a day of author talks, writing workshops, spoken word and more. All events are free and open to the public.

ORNL’s Traveling Science Fair will anchor the Festival with six carnival-style, interactive trailers featuring various fields of research and areas of future job opportunities.

Featured authors and content creators range from fantasy to poetry, historical to literary fiction. The current line-up includes Janet Beard, Jillian Boehme, Rachel Clift, Dave Connis, Lorryn Holt, Lauren Morrill, Scott Reintgen, Rhonda & Sparky Rucker, Laura Still, Caitlin Summie, and Vince Vawter with additional authors being announced before the Festival. More information about each confirmed author can be found below.

Students from schools across Knox County have formed a Teen Advisory Board to help develop the programs and activities of the day, ensuring that the Festival appeals to their peers. Activities include:
• a book-themed escape room tournament
• a literary scavenger hunt and ghost tours
• street poetry
• music, comedy, and theatre on the Market Square stage
• a career match up session with area business leaders
Events will be held in Union Ave Books, Lawson McGhee Library, the East Tennessee History Center and the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center and are open to teens and their families only. Performances held on Market Square stage and ORNL's Traveling Science Fair will be open to the entire community.

www.facebook.com/events/347069622904491
www.knoxlib.org

Each Second Sunday of the month at 2pm, docents offer free guided tours of Higher Ground, Currents, and traveling exhibitions to the public with tours available in Spanish as well.

From 1-4pm there are art activities for all ages!

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

Beethoven250: The Emperor Concerto Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” featuring School of Music faculty artist Chih-Long Hu, piano
Alumni Memorial Building, James. R. Cox Auditorium
4pm

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Hosted by the Farragut/West Knox Chamber of Commerce this annual event features the finest finest bar-b-que, local crafters and brew.

At Sitel Office Parking Lot, Outlet Drive
https://www.visitfarragut.org/events

Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 6:15 PM – 9 PM
The Central Collective, 923 N Central St, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917
www.thecentralcollective.com

Location: OFFSITE (This event will be off-site at a location in downtown Knoxville. Location will be emailed by 7pm on Friday, October 11.)
Food and Drink: None provided.
Dress Code: Jacket and comfortable shoes
Physical Activity: Medium - some walking
Good Sport Level: 3/5
Cost: $40

Here's the deal. You purchase a ticket to a mystery event. Show up to The Central Collective at the specified date and time, and be ready for anything. Past events have included: a live studio game show, glass blowing, pizza making, trapeze lessons, an underground arcade, and a miniature horse petting zoo. These are events for folks who are curious, adventurous, and like trying new things & meeting new people.

We'll do our best to give you the information you need to decide if this month's Good Sport Night is right for you. If you have any concerns regarding dietary preferences, physical ability, or anything else, don't hesitate to give us a shout! Unless otherwise noted, these events are not programmed for children.

https://www.facebook.com/events/489422531617878/

Saturday-Sunday, Oct 12-13, 19-20, 26-27

Our First Dwelling is OPEN! Come Tour our Open House and Support a Non-profit! We are so excited to open our doors and let Knoxville come in and visit our first complete unit. This luxurious unit is 1,600 square feet and can hold eight houseguests! What are you most excited to see? Is it the nearly 20 foot stone fireplace? Is it the bunk beds built into the walls? Is it the full body spray shower? The wooden tub? Is it the secret under the stairs... We can't wait to hear from the brave explorers coming to our open house! Visit our website to buy your ticket now!

Tickets are required to tour Ancient Lore Village and 100% of the proceeds from ticket sales go directly to a local charity or nonprofit organization. Children two (2) and under are free. Strollers are not allowed.

https://ancientlorevillage.com/charity-events/

Boyd Hollow Resort · 7305 John Norton Rd · Knoxville, TN 37920

This costumed family-fun event will come to life for two weekends in mid-October at the Tennessee Medieval Faire site in Harriman--just 30 miles west of Turkey Creek. All are invited to escape to the fictional Caribbean town of Port Royale in the Tortugas, circa 1685.

“The Governor of Port Royale is celebrating his birthday, and all are invited--including pirates! Get ready to Get Yer Pirate On! and join in hours of fun,” said Barrie Paulson, VP-Manager. Back by popular demand will be the Patron Costume Contest, where prizes will be awarded based on audience applause. Also returning will be the Pirate Gong Show, where patrons will be invited to share their talents to join a pirate crew. There will also be a Pirate School where landlubbers will learn to walk, talk, and sing like a pirate. Continuous professional pirate entertainment will include interactive comedy shows, live pirate music, costumed British and pirate street characters, Combat Croquet, beach games, photo ops, pirate displays, and original crafts. Food and hot and cold beverages, including beer, will be available for purchase.

The fourth annual Tennessee Pirate Fest will take place Saturdays and Sundays, October 12-13 and 19-20, from 11am-6pm ET--rain or shine. Ticket prices will be $16 for ages 13+, $8 for ages 5 to 12; and entry will be free for ages 4 and under. Field parking will be free, and tickets will be available for purchase at the gate with cash or credit. A small convenience fee will be added for the use of credit. Discounted motel rooms will be available for Pirate Fest fans at Baymont by Wyndham in Harriman by calling 865-882-5340. The festival will be held at 550 Fiske Road, Harriman, TN. For more information, please visit www.TNPirateFest.com and sign up for updates. Like and follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Tennesseepiratefest/. Get Yer Pirate On!

Darkhorse Entertainment, LLC - Produces costumed interactive PG festivals

HAND TO GOD by Robert Askins

After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and—most especially—his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. HAND TO GOD explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us. Adult language.

“The fearsome critter [Tyrone], who takes possession of a troubled teenager’s left arm in Robert Askins’ darkly delightful play really inspires goose bumps as he unleashes a reign of terror…But he’s also flat-out hilarious, spewing forth acid comedy that will turn those goose bumps into guffaws.” —The New York Times. “Furiously funny…Askins’ most impressive talent is his ability to make us laugh while juggling those big themes that make life so terrifying: death, depression, alcoholism, sexual guilt, emotional repression, religious hypocrisy and the eternal battle between your good puppet and your bad puppet.” —Variety. “HAND TO GOD is so ridiculously raunchy, irreverent and funny it’s bound to leave you sore from laughing. Ah, hurts so good.” —New York Daily News.

Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. Information: 865-357-1309, www.flyinganviltheatre.com