Calendar of Events

November 8, 2019 @ 10:00 am – November 10, 2019 @ 5:00 pm

This Holiday Season, the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center is proud to announce the return of the Smoky Junction Model Train Exhibit. Running through the season, the exhibit is sure to be a delightful experience, because nothing says holiday enchantment quite like seeing little faces look on in wonderment as model trains zip by. With three different displays and including a bit of history from the Townsend/ Walland area, this exhibit will showcase different styles and scales of model trains and is sure to be a joy to the whole family, as well as train enthusiasts.

This exhibit, in operation on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at the Heritage Center, brings back the fond memories of the holiday trains of our childhoods. “The Maryville Model Railroad Club has been instrumental in helping us design and creating these displays. We hope that this experience becomes an annual holiday tradition for the families in our community and for folks of all ages.” says Logan Hull, Director of Special Events at the Heritage Center. “We hope that we can create memories that will last a lifetime for families and promote this unique hobby, all while sharing the great history of this region. This is the perfect way for the Heritage Center to promote the history of our region in a fun and engaging way, while giving our guests an experience like none other!”

A special “Boarding Pass” will be included in the admission price to the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center ($8 for adults, $6 for Children & Seniors) on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from November 8th through January 5th. It can also be purchased separately for only $4 for ages 6 and up. This experience is free to the members of the Heritage Center. Each day the trains are running, a knowledgeable member of the MMRC will be onsite to answer any questions and to show how they run the trains.

10am-5pm on Friday and Saturday; 12pm-5pm Sundays

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: M-Sa 10-5. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

Paintings by Lynda Best will be exhibited November 1 thru December 31 In Westminster Presbyterian Church's Shilling Gallery. Her bold acrylic paintings are inspired by "Nature's transforming powers directly witnessed in the growth
cycle of the flowers and the seasonal changes in water levels in our streams and rivers."
She is a recent recipient of one of the Art and Culture Alliance's Bailey grants.

Monday thru Thursday, 9 AM to 4 PM, Friday, 9 AM to Noon
Westminster Presbyterian Church's Schilling Gallery
6500 Northshore Dr.
(865-584-3957)
www.wpcknox.org

Tennessee Stage Company presents its 30th anniversary Timeless Works Series special

When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood’s hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also! The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. When he shows up at the sanitarium looking for is lost friend Harvey, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood’s delusion has had a strange influence on more than one of the doctors. Only at the end does Veta realize that maybe Harvey isn’t so bad after all.

Come see this classic comedy at the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 706 N Broadway. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. For advanced tickets, call (865) 546-4280 or visit www.TennesseeStage.com.

Based on the Jena Six, six black students were charged with attempted murder for a school fight after being provoked with nooses hanging from a tree on campus. This bold new play by Dominique Morisseau examines the miscarriage of justice, racial double standards and the crises in relations between men and women of all classes and, as a result, the shattering state of African American family life.

November 8, 9, 15, 16 at 7:30 p.m.
November 10 & 17 at 2 p.m.

All theatre performances are in the Clayton Performing Arts Center. Purchase tickets at www.pstcc.edu/tickets.

Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

The 2019 Christmas Fair is a Christmas Shoppers' Paradise with arts, crafts, gifts and more! Mark your calendar for November 8, 9, and 10! Friday, 2:00-8:00PM, Saturday, 10:00AM-8:00PM, Sunday, 12:00-5:00pm.

The Christmas Fair is held at the Knoxville Expo Center on Clinton Highway at the Merchants Drive Exit off I-75, about 5 miles north of downtown Knoxville. Now in our 37th year, we have been at the Expo Center for the last 17 Christmas Fairs. The Expo Center offers the convenience of one level shopping and easy handicapped access.

Information 865-687-3976.

Nemorino is in love with Adina, but he's poor, and Adina won't give him the time of day. Through the wonders of a special love potion, Nemorino's fortunes begin to change in this delightful comedy by Donizetti.

Friday, November 8 at 8:00pm
Saturday, November 9 at 2:30pm and 8:00pm
Sunday, November 10 at 2:30pm

$20 for adults, $15 for seniors 60+, and $5 for students with a school ID and youth under 18.
At the Bijou Theatre 803 Gay St., Knoxville, TN
Info: 865-974-5678, https://music.utk.edu/opera/

Don't miss out on November Store Sales!
11/8-10, 50% off Toys & Kids Clothes
11/11, 25% off with Military ID
11/29, Black Friday Sale! Details to come.

http://www.goodwillknoxville.org/sales

Goodwill Industries-Knoxville: 865-588-8567

RYAN BINGHAM WITH JAMESTOWN REVIVAL
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 | 8PM

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

Instructor: Megan Schefter

All ages and experience levels are welcome to participate in this event. This could be fun for the family, kids love the Raku process; or it could be a great “date night” event. The immediacy of Raku firings allow you to take home a beautiful piece of pottery for your home that night, but these decorative pieces are not food safe.

$35.00 - All Materials 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 Knoxville Choral Society’s season opens with one of the largest and most dramatic choral works of all time, Mendelssohn's Elijah, performed with full orchestra and featuring Knoxville's own Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone, David Crawford, singing the title role. Recounting the Old Testament story as told in the Book of Kings, this powerful work ensured its place in choral repertoire at its premiere in 1846. The dialogue throughout the piece is a dramatic retelling of the Israelites’ waning faith in God during a long-lasting drought, as they resort to worshipping an alternate God, Baal. But secure in his belief and at the urging of several angels, Elijah seeks to restore his people’s faith.

Friday, November 8, 2019 | 7:30 PM
At Central Bearden Baptist Church, 6300 Deane Hill Dr., Knoxville, TN 37919

Tickets are $10. Tickets can be purchased at the door, from a choral society member or by visiting the Knoxville Choral Society website.
Knoxville Choral Society: 865-312-2440, www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org

Alive After Five is a unique live music series that takes place in the smoke-free, casually elegant setting of the Ann and Steve Bailey Hall in the Knoxville Museum of Art. There is a live band on stage, seating at tables, two cash bars, food from area restaurants, free freshly popped popcorn, and free parking. Audience members can enjoy listening to music, dancing, and browsing the museum’s art galleries. Admission is $15 for general and $10 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free.

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

Old Hollywood

AVE THE DATE: Our annual gala is scheduled for November 8th at The Foundry on the Fair Site! Join us for dinner, live music, dancing and a silent auction to benefit GO! Contemporary Dance Works.

Do you want to donate to our silent auction? We are collecting donations NOW! Contact info@gocontemporarydance.com for all donation inquiries.

Tickets & Info - Go! Contemporary Dance Works: 865-539-2475, www.gocontemporarydance.com