Calendar of Events

Don't miss out on our Mountain Makins Festival. Known for high quality crafts and artisans, the festival features a juried arts & crafts fair, top regional musical talent, storytellers, authors, craft demonstrations, and children's activities.

45th Mountain Makins Festival
Saturday 10/22 10am-5pm
Sunday 10/23 11am-5pm
$7 adults/children under 12 free

Historic Rose Center
442 W. 2nd North St
Morristown TN 37814
www.rosecenter.org
www.facebook.com/rose-center
423.581.4330

Awarded Best Festival in the Southeast twice, this event features juried crafts, folklife demonstrations, storytelling, two stages of music, dancers, children's activities, and more.

Our inaugural resident artist showcase premieres in Knoxville!
First Take Co. is dedicated to the multi-hyphenate artist’s exploration of their various interests, whether that’s acting, directing, playwriting, composition, or anything in between. PROOF OF CONCEPT provides those artists a chance to share early iterations of these explorations to facilitate discussion and spark ideas that take their projects to the next level. The three pieces featured this year:

shuffle by Alegra Batara
You are sitting alone in your childhood bedroom, and you find your old 4th Generation iPod Nano. Just for kicks, you charge it up and hit shuffle. You hear a song, a song you haven’t heard in years. A feeling grows in your chest, travels up your neck, down your arms, a heaviness as you are engulfed in nostalgia. Music is buried deep in our memories, bringing faces, voices, moments from the past back to life. What happens when the memories won’t go away?

Here Below with book and lyrics by Grace Belt, music by Grace Belt & Griffin Smith
Ghost stories, mountain passes, fireflies, and a night sky untainted by electricity. Several generations after the catastrophic Flares, a young Cartographer called Lou journeys to the Coast, determined to catch a ship before the summer solstice. Along the road, he is captured by a band of feral teenagers on their “divine mission” to reclaim the alleged Lost City of Columbia, SC. Forced to play navigator for the gallivanting pilgrims, Lou’s sense of reality gets muddled up with their visionary fervor –and the creeping old things of Appalachia become far less legendary.

The Bearcat by Ethan Graham Roeder
Garrett and Jessie are finally engaged, and they’ve prepared a blowout announcement at the last dance club in town, The Bearcat. There’s just one problem: Garrett’s father has no idea they’ve been dating, and would never approve of the match. In an act of campy desperation, Garrett ropes the denizens of the club — including his college roommate (now drag celebrity) — into a plan so ridiculous and borderline offensive it might work. Set in a town not unlike our own, THE BEARCAT is an exploration of gender and race politics within the generational divide in contemporary Southeast USA. Also, it’s a comedy. Promise.

Info: https://firsttakeco.com/proof-of-concept/
Tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/proof-of-concept-tickets-109993

TOUR THE TENNESSEE!
OCTOBER 22 • 11AM

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the red velvet curtains of our stage? Or perhaps how many lightbulbs it takes to keep our iconic chandeliers lit? On our behind the scenes tours of the Tennessee Theatre, you will be taken to areas of this historic building that typically remain hidden to the public. You’ll leave with a comprehensive understanding of the historic prowess of this nearly 100-year-old theater.

https://www.tennesseetheatre.com/visit/tour-the-tennessee/

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

Cecile Chaminade Piano Trio, Op. 34
Johann Sebastian Bach Trumpet and Organ Concerto in D Major
Alan Hovanness Prayer of St. Gregory
Ernst Sachse Concertino in E-flat Major
Antonín Dvorák Piano Quintet

suggested donation $15 / students free.

At Westminster Presbyterian, 6500 Northshore Drive Knoxville, TN 37919

https://www.knoxvillechambermusicsociety.com/concerts

Saturday October 22 Workshop, 10:00 AM - NOON

Songwriters and WordSlingers Unite!
Songs and books: seemingly different animals while somehow within the same species. But when comparing songwriting to literary writing, the most noticeable and immediate difference is the length of the text. While songs require a complete story or thought to be conveyed along the most immediate path and within the least number of words possible, also presenting a melodic structure to compliment the lyrics, books allow magnificent amounts of space in which to spin the tale, entertain the reader, and give more backstory than would ever be possible within a song shorter than "Alice's Restaurant." But it's interesting how the skills specific to each medium can compliment the other.

This workshop will address how to combine the skill sets to say things differently, giving a reader or listener a new experience and to allow your own writing, whether songs or literary works, to stand out as being more relevant and maybe even a little more fun. We will look at lyrical structure and the parts of a song and how those techniques can generate opening lines that will grab your reader and not let them go. We will also consider how the ability to describe scenes and generate dialog in a book can enhance your songwriting skills to be more conversational and draw the listener into the story. Bring your best ideas and come prepared to try your hand at penning a fresh lyric or deconstructing something you may have already written.

Register (available soon!) at knoxvillewritersguild.org. All KWG Workshops are $50 for non-members, $30 for members and $15 for student members. JOIN UP! Log in to the website (knoxvillewritersguild.org) to take advantage of the reduced rates. Pre-registration, especially via the website, is strongly encouraged and closes at midnight on the Thursday prior to the event. Walk-ins are welcome but there will be a $10 surcharge. Save money and help your presenters plan more effective programs by pre-registering. Check payments must be received by one week before the workshop (Knoxville Writers Guild. P.O. Box 10326 Knoxville TN 37939-0326).

ABOUT KAREN: East Tennessee native, award-winning singer, songwriter, and recording artist, Karen E. Reynolds has appeared at premier venues, performance series, and high-profile festivals, with a style described as “Americana Heart & Southern Soul.” An accomplished songwriter, Karen was inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame in for songwriting in 2019. www.reverbnation.com/karenereynolds.

At Central United Methodist Church's Fellowship Hall, 201 E. Third Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022 AT 3 PM – 7 PM
119 S Tennessee Ave, La Follette, TN 37766

Postmark LaFollette and the City of LaFollette will join together to host a fun filled event with Music on the back dock by OMG and Clogging by Cathy Conrad. A Chili Cook off, Arts & Craft Vendors and ARTShine Co op open for shopping and viewing of local art. A kids Fun Zone will be hosted by the City of LaFollette in the behind the rear parking lot. Stockyard BBQ will be on hand along with some Food Trucks. Contact postmarkevents@yahoo.com for information.
www.postmarklafollette.weebly.com and https://www.facebook.com/events/391096743219227

Union Ave Books is excited to bring you an author event featuring Mary Kay McBrayer! This event will take place at our store on October 22, 2022 at 6:30pm.

If you wear a Halloween costume, you will receive 10% off your purchase of AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE SERIAL KILLER.

Please RSVP to reserve your *free* ticket at the following link: https://www.unionavebooks.com/event/1022-author-event-mary-kay-mcbrayer

Note: spots are limited.

Mary Kay McBrayer is the author of America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster. You can find her short works at Oxford American, Narratively, Mental Floss, and FANGORIA, among other publications. She co-hosts Everything Trying to Kill You, the comedy podcast that analyzes your favorite horror movies from the perspectives of women of color.

October 22 – Smart Yards

Tennessee Smart Yards is an UT Extension-led program that guides Tennesseans on practices they can apply in their outdoor spaces to create healthier, more ecologically-sound landscapes and communities. Join Knox County Masters Gardeners Sarah DeWitt and Mona Yethiraj for an event at the garden learning all about how to modify what you do to get your home landscape (and neighborhood, too!) certified as a TN Smart Yard. You don’t have to be an expert gardener, just a willingness to think about how things work.

http://knoxgarden.org/calendar/smartyards/

Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914. Hours: Gardens open daily from sunrise to sunset. Information: 865-862-8717, www.knoxgarden.org

2:30-5:30 PM
Food, drinks, cake walk, bake sale, dancing and fun for all ages! Costumes required. Cash only for food & drinks. Everyone is invited! Bring your family and friends for an afternoon of Fall Fun!

4216 Sutherland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone: (865) 584-9636
https://www.dancersstudioknox.com/

Friday, October 21st 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday, October 22nd 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday, October 23rd 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Rothchild Conference Center at 8807 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923
Admission
Adults: $8.00 a day
Run of Show Pass: $15.00
Children Under 12 Free

The show will have 23 vendors with a wide variety of jewelry, rare fossil and mineral specimens, meteorites, gemstones, and decorative objects. The will also be educational activities and gem and mineral ID tables.
http://www.knoxrocks.org/home/

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022 AT 7 PM
Jaystorm Unplugged brings the funk to the stage!
FREE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022 AT 8 PM
Birthday Bash Weekend: Gypsy Queens' Drag Show
www.simpletix.com/e/the-gypsy-queens-drag-show-barrelhouse-bir-tickets-116969
Stay tuned for more details on the October edition of the Gypsy Queens' Drag Show!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2022 AT 2 PM
Jewell & Scott take the Barrelhosue stage!
FREE

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

A Video Installation by Casey Wolhar

Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 114, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Reception Fri 5-7 PM, Sat 10 AM – 1 PM, or by appointment. Information: https://gallery1010.utk.edu/