Life and Arts Announcements - July 17
Music---Alive After Five - Carib Sounds Steel Band, 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, July 22, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park. Galleries, cheese tasting, portrait artists. Tickets: adults, $9; members/students, $5; ages 17 and under, free. Info: 865-934-2039 or www.knoxart.org .
---Noonday Piano Recital - Dr. Frank Gray, 12:05-12:30 p.m. Monday, July 18, St. John's Cathedral, Great Hall, 413 W. Cumberland Ave. Free admission. Lunch available. Info: 865-525-7347.
---Marcella Center for the Arts - Talent Show "STARS," 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23, 117 Washington Road, Sweetwater, Tenn. Tickets: adults $6; teens, $1, children under age six, free. Info: 423-337-0075.
---Jam in the Vineyard blues festival - 2 p.m.-midnight, Saturday, July 23, Nolichucky Vineyard, 6600 Fish Hatchery Road, Russellville, Tenn. Bring chairs or blankets, coolers. Tickets: $15. Info: 423-312-6755.
---Friday Nights Live Music Series - 3CD will perform, 8 p.m. Friday, July 22, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Tickets: $10. Dinner available.
---Music on the Square - My New Favorites and Dennis Cove Band, 7 p.m. Friday, July 22, downtown Jonesborough, Tenn. Free. Info: 423-753-1010.
Classes/Workshops
---"Beginning the Novel" - Knoxville Writers' Guild workshop by Amy Greene, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, July 23, Redeemer Church, 1642 Highland Ave. Cost: members, $15; nonmembers, $20. Register: www.knoxvillewritersguild.org or mail check: KWG Workshops, PO Box 10326, Knoxville, TN 37939-0326. Info: email tshaw05@comcast.net .
---Making altered books - Create art from old books, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, July 23, Rose Center, 442 W. 2nd North St., Morristown. Cost: $20. Register: 423-581-4330.
---Flowing into Prosperity - For adults wanting to create a better life, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Sunday, July 24, Unity of Knoxville, 2426 Sutherland Ave. Love offering donation. Participant will receive a copy of "The Type Z Guide to Prosperity" by Marc Allen. Info: Dr. Eva Thaller, 865-992-0185.
---Pottery Show and Tell - "Blount County Potters and Their Wares," 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. In conjunction with "Tennessee Turned: Earthenware and Stoneware Made in East Tennessee 1800-1900." Collectors may bring examples of Grindstaff, Lawson, Maryville Pottery, Noonkesser and Glass pottery. Expert Eddy Pratt will discuss the potters. Free. Info: 865-215-8824 or www.eastTNhistory.org .
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---Flowing into Prosperity - For adults wanting to create a better life, 1:30-4:30 pm, Sunday, July 24, Unity of Knoxville, 2426 Sutherland Ave. Love offering donation. Participant will receive a copy of "The Type Z Guide to Prosperity" by Marc Allen.
Roi, as the male came to be known, flew into a wall downtown and broke a wing in 2007. Although University of Tennessee veterinarians in Knoxville tried to save him, the falcon was found dead in his cage one morning. When he was found with the broken
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After reading one of his books on Knoxville history, we simply called him up one day and asked if he had any old films of Knoxville. Within a week, Ron had delivered a large metal container chock-full of vintage Knoxville home movie reels,
There are breaks and intermissions where people can walk downtown.” Hutchens said the impetus for the festival is two-fold: to give merchants downtown more foot traffic and to make the facility more of a destination for groups. “People who love theater
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This week I was able to take a tour of James White’s Fort . Little did I realize how much I was going to learn! The Fort still has most of its original buildings and is furnished to match the late 1700s. I was able to receive the help of an informative tour guide that took me around the property. I was enlightened on the history of James White’s founding of Knoxville and what life would have been like if I had lived 300 years ago here in East Tennessee.
Each building was completely authentic to the time period! I really got to experience how different life was without the spoils of electricity and running water. The water-well seemed like so much more work than the water hose that is used now. There was so much to do to keep me entertained that I would have never expected. Today’s modern lifestyle makes it difficult to imagine life in the 1700s. I even got to try out the spinning wheel and a loom, which would have been hours of fun if I had had the time! Instead it was on to the outdoors…
The Dogwoods being in full bloom and the other various flowers were such a beautiful enhancement to my visit. I definitely understand how James White’s Fort can offer something for the whole family! Throughout the year they offer hands-on interpretations of open hearth cooking, blacksmithing and spinning. They also celebrate Cherokee Heritage Day every year, conduct ghost tours of downtown Knoxville every October and host “Christmas Past Tours” in December. I will be sure to come back soon to learn more about the culture in the late 1700s.
James White’s Fort is open from April to November, Monday through Saturday from 9:30am-5:00pm. December to March from 10:00am-4:00pm Monday through Friday. It is located just east of downtown Knoxville at 205 East Hill Avenue, directly across the street from the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and within walking distance of other attractions such as Blount Mansion , Market Square, Krutch Park, Volunteer Landing , Alex Haley Park and the Old City. Free trolley rides are available to James White’s Fort and other downtown sites from World’s Fair Park and the UT Campus . All in all it’s a great place to visit for an informative and interesting afternoon about not only the founding of Knoxville, but a way of life that has long since vanished.
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