Community Calendar

Explore the basics of nature journaling, learn creative ways to lay out a nature journal page, practice observational drawing techniques, and use reflective prompts to deepen awareness. Smokies Life Branch Out event. Online webinar. 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.

Learn to identify the various sparrow species found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and apply your new skills in the field at the Branch Out event: Secret Life of Sparrows on November 18. Smokies Life Branch Out event. Online webinar. 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.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Learn all about how this Smoky Mountain staple was grown, harvested, and preserved with these live demonstrations. Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranger-led program. Cable Mill Historic Area at Cades Cove, Tenn. Free. 10am-5pm each day. Info: nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/calendar.htm or 865-436-1200.

New Food Pantry now available to neighborhood and surrounding areas twice a month. Every 2nd Thursday of each month we will be giving away non-perishable goods and personal care items. On the 4th Thursday of each month we will be serving a hot meal.

Join Us on Thursday, November 13th at the Blount Mansion Visitors Center for the Book Signing of NETHER LAND by Kem Hinton!

When Kem Hinton learns of the murder of his former classmate in high school and at the University of Tennessee, Ed Netherland, he’s stunned to unravel this individual’s wild career after serving as a football trainer for the Vols (1972-1976), Smart, inventive, and super ambitious, Ed soared to great wealth in toxic waste disposal schemes and enormous life insurance investments. Yet in 2014, he was killed in the USVI. This nonfiction saga documents Ed’s roller coaster lifestyle and attempts to answer questions that still exist about a crime in paradise that remains unsolved…

By Kem Hinton, FAIA, B. Arch, 1977 (Torchbearer Award)

The special speaking event will be at Blount Mansion Visitors Center, 200 West Hill Avenue, Knoxville TN 37902.

Limited free parking onsite

$10 Donation suggested at the door, Cash and Card accepted

RSVP to Rose@BlountMansion.org

An evening of new music by UT College of Music Composition Faculty Jorge Variego. With:

Jorge Variego (clarinet and compositions)
Miroslav Hristov (violin)
Evie Chen (violin)
Hillary Herndon (viola)
Wesley Baldwin (cello)
Luis Angel Gutierrez Ripalda (double bass)

Free and open to the public.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.