Nov 12 Thursday
Join actress Anne Van Curen for a portrayal of Lydia Kear Whaley, a midwife, healer and Civil War widow who lived in Sugarlands from 1840 to 1926. Smokies Life Branch Out event. Great Smokies Welcome Center, Townsend, Tenn. Cost: For Park Keepers, $45; to join and attend, $85 (Park Keeper basic membership $40 + event registration $45). Info – SmokiesLife.org/branch-out-events or email: membership@smokieslife.org.
Nov 30 Monday
Learn to spot and identify raptors and participate in some evening "owl-ology" in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Smokies Life Branch Out event. Cades Cove Orientation Shelter, Townsend, Tenn. Cost: For Park Keepers, $45; to join and attend, $85 (Park Keeper basic membership $40 + event registration $45). Info – SmokiesLife.org/branch-out-events or email: membership@smokieslife.org.
Dec 03 Thursday
Eugenia’s Holiday Soirée
A Benefit with Panaché
Thursday, December 3, 2026
7 to 9 p.m.
Eugenia Williams House
4848 Lyons View Pike
Tickets: $300 per guest
Purchase tickets at eugeniawilliamshouse.org/holidaysoiree
The Eugenia Williams House cordially invites you to a holiday soirée 85 years in the making. Join us for an unforgettable evening inspired by the glamour of the 1940s and our stylish namesake. Delicious food, signature drinks, and a host of festive flourishes await you at our very first holiday soirée. The House will be dressed in its holiday best, and we hope you will take note – cocktail attire, please. Vintage style is suggested.
Ticket sales support public programming at the Eugenia Williams House and the ongoing restoration of our gardens and grounds.
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